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Got an email a few chapters ago:

"You need to get Jack's head out of his ass and start him preparing for war or its all over. I can't count the number of times he's been told the most important thing he can do is to get the shard to the East, but he spends time securing a promotion in a job he doesn't need and creating a harem he doesn't need when he can fuck any women he meets any time he wants. If he really needs his harem he should have just loaded it on an RV or a private jet and taken it with him. With a mind this keen he's making rubber tires look like razor blades. He's supposed to be a sharp advertising executive for Gods sake, but he can't seem to think beyond the next blow job. With a "HERO" like this I hope you plan a long and slow death for him, it's all he deserves so far, in this war."

I replied that maybe the reader should wait a few chapters. Hopefully by now I have answered the concerns noted in the email. Some people are just too damn impatient!

BTW - I won't discuss whether Jack is a sharp advertising executive. I used to work with ad execs. The thing to remember about advertising is that half of what you spend in ads is wasted, but you never know which half, and neither do the ad execs.

The Order is examined, and true evil is found. The war is upon Jack and how he deals with it will define his future. It's a shorter chapter, but that's how it works out sometimes. I could probably add Violent, Rape, and Torture to the categories, but decided not to. In the whole story it is only a few paragraphs and our hero fights against it. Since many of us filter these items out, I decided against categorizing them.

Fun and games at the resort for Jack, as he learns more about the crystal and the power it gives him.

Jack finally starts chasing down shards, and we learn more about the crystal. Enjoy!

I am always amazed at how often life imitates art, and vice versa. I was talking to my mother the other day and she informed me that my godson, my youngest nephew and her youngest grandson, had just enlisted in the Army. He will be in MP training and is the third boy in my sister's family to go into the service. He'll be in AIT at Fort Leonard Wood, where an older brother is a drill instructor. I doubt they will be assigned together. We are all very proud of him but the reason it seemed so odd to me was the art-life bit. He's a smart boy, but he's dropped out of two colleges and been working as a chef for a couple of years, and now is going into the Army. It immediately reminded me of the Grim Reaper, who joined up because he didn't have anything better to do. Strange what the mind thinks of at times.

More fun and games as Jack gets closer to more of the crystal shards.