If this short from my never-completed ‘Crosses & Doublecrosses’ represents part of Chapter One, what I’m doing here is from the last chapter. Don’t worry about ‘spoilers!’ or anything like that: the events of ‘Death Ship’ are broadly telegraphed in my first novel, ‘The Fourth Law.’ Don’t even fret over knowing Sylvia’s dead; I actually shoot her in the prologue. How’s that for “starting your story in the middle”?
One of the reasons – and there were several – that I abandoned C&DC was the sheer awfulness of it all: the characters, the situations, the settings. Writing about misery made me miserable. Getting ready for Holy Week next week, how about a story rich in death, betrayal, and crucifixions…?
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