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I just loaded The Territory to Bookapy, and I anticipate the moderators will publish it later today or tomorrow.
If you like history based and solidly researched western adventures, with real characters and events for my fictional character to interact with, then you'll like The Territory.
Time: post Civil War, after the events in the four-book Jennings Saga.
Place: New Mexico Territory.
Events: Western movement of Texans post-war, and the Lincoln County War.
Real characters: Billy the Kid, John Chisum, Pat Garrett, many others. One, a man named 'Texas John' Slaughter, who was John's friend and later a famous character in Arizona Territory, was likely a relative-by-marriage of mine. There was even a TV show with him as the main character!

I've gotten emails from combat vets after some found earlier chapters disturbing.
I just finished revising/editing the next chapter, number 15, and I'll post it Wednesday after one more run-through. Much of it deals with mind-set and emotions and of course It's fiction, but just the same you combat vets may want to skip chapter 15.

I numbered the chapters in succession when I wrote the book, and since the 11th chapter was long I divided it into two parts, 11a and 11b. But the title of that chapter was 'Interlude', since it was a transition between Afghanistan and the US.
Which made the chapter I uploaded today the 12th in that sequence.
So if the one you're reading has a heading reading 'Chapter 11' and also 'Chapter 12', don't worry about it. I'll renumber future chapters as I upload them to match SOL's numbers.

I submitted the chapter this morning, and it should appear on SOL later today.
This one is mostly flashback, and it required a lot of juggling to get it to where I thought it should be. Comments regarding progression are welcome, and as always if you discover a typo let me know.

A reader wondered how T and Shezzie got out of Afghanistan.
Simply put, they did as she suggested; she added him to the roster of patients, went along as Nurse in Charge of patients, and never filed the update that would have revealed where they went. I didn't feel it necessary to fill in the details, but just in case:
Bandage T's face; board the plane, with Shezzie along to keep an eye on him. Let the others deplane first, remove the bandages, and walk off the plane as just two more of the escorts. Simple. The only one who might suspect was the loadmaster, and she never bothered because really, it was someone else's responsibility!
There will be more in the next chapters, starting with the chapter I'll be posting tomorrow morning.
Now to Home, the third book in the Darwin's World Series. I submitted it to the moderators a few minutes ago, and I expect it will be available by tomorrow. I've spent the last few days editing, so it should be a far better read than when I first posted it elsewhere!