I resubmitted the story with about 5 pages of material my editors had recommended be cut.
The first part is a brief Table of Contents before the Prelude.
The other new material is an Epilog followed by a postscript.
Some readers' have commented that the story is a bit hard to follow. It is a complicated story, but maybe the Table of Contents will make it easier to understand what is in each chapter.
Let me know if you like/don't like these changes. All told, the story will be about 35 pages now.
Regards, Jake