Sorry, work's been hectic. Florida sun is not kind on a dude who spent a lifetime inside xD

Avery, character accepted for sure. As for details that need hashing, ask away. There's much more going on than Ive provided, partly due to laziness but also partly because the book itself involves more points of view and locations than we're going to be immediately dealing with. On top of the group in Horatica focusing on Marcus, you also have separate stories going on in Samakar and Teleucia happening parallel to what we're doing.