@stryker99
As you may or may not know, reading text is difficult for me due to visual problems. But I wanted you to know that I have dropped in to this thread from time to time sampling here and there, and I’m looking forward to reading the whole novel once it is complete. 
Hopefully that will be in my lifetime. lol
And hopefully in kindle, e-book, or better yet, audio book format. Have you thought that far ahead, I wonder?