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The Variance Doctrine

Act One of III · 31 chapters · ~69,128 words

A black-ops Correction officer sent to silence a whistleblower discovers that his own directorate has scheduled the murder of four million people to look like destiny — and has thirty-one hours to stop it before the same prescient drug that makes him lethal finishes rotting his mind first.

A scifi thriller blending Asimov’s systems-scale ideas, Brad Thor’s black-ops propulsion, Bret Easton Ellis’s cold decadent interiority, and Frank Herbert’s ecological/political world-logic.

Contents

  1. 01Correction Order #4417-KKael
  2. 02Launch CopyAnsgar
  3. Fragment(after Ch. 2)
  4. 03Eleven Hours EarlyKael
  5. 04The Water Rights of RivalsAnsgar
  6. 05FlaggedKael
  7. Fragment(after Ch. 5)
  8. 06The Operator CodeKael
  9. 07A Line Item Three Tiers DownAnsgar
  10. 08No PreambleIren
  11. Fragment(after Ch. 8)
  12. 09Chapter 9 -- Backward, Not ForwardKael
  13. 10Chapter 10 -- The Absence, Dated AgainAnsgar
  14. 11Chapter 11 -- Her Own SignatureIren
  15. 12Chapter 12 -- Softened NumbersKael
  16. 13Chapter 13 -- The Fertility WindowAnsgar
  17. 14Chapter 14 -- One Step BehindIren
  18. Fragment(after Ch. 14)
  19. 15Chapter 15 -- The LifeboatKael
  20. 16Chapter 16 -- A Name the Filters MissedAnsgar
  21. 17Chapter 17 -- Cover FireKael
  22. 18Chapter 18 -- Fifteen Years Ago, DatedIren
  23. 19Chapter 19 -- Four Seconds Late, ConfirmedAnsgar
  24. 20Chapter 20 -- OstrendKael
  25. 21Chapter 21 -- The Loading Bay ManifestKael
  26. Fragment(after Ch. 21)
  27. 22Chapter 22 -- The Drawn WeaponIren
  28. 23Chapter 23 -- The Clock RecutAnsgar
  29. 24Chapter 24 -- The Stall BurnsKael
  30. 25Chapter 25 -- The LeashIren
  31. 26Chapter 26 -- The Tremor in His VoiceAnsgar
  32. 27Chapter 27 -- The Only Way They'll Believe ItKael
  33. 28Chapter 28 -- The Descent CountKael
  34. 29Chapter 29 -- Open ChannelIren
  35. 30Chapter 30 -- Correct Me--Ansgar
  36. 31Chapter 31 -- VarianceKael

Acts Two and Three are outlined but not yet drafted.