Introduction

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I have at last published the sixth and final chapter of Collateral Damage. It's the most painfully-tragic story I've ever written in my entire life about anything. One thing that this story has taught me is that tragedy all about point of view and focus -- a million deaths may be a statistic, but the deaths of two persons I characterized and then showed the effects of their deaths upon their loved ones -- that's heart-wrenching. As in wrenching my heart -- I was on the

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If anyone's following this story, you may be interested to know that Chapter 5 has been posted. That makes me happy as I have only one more chapter left to go -- the story's hit both of its climaxes and now all I have left is lovely denouement. This was one of the most painful chapters I've ever written, as it is all about betrayal and loss, and we see that neither of the parties in that fight over the Everfree really won, even though one of them did get to fly away home.

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