Mistake - I wrote Walpole NH was in eastern NH. It's in western NH. Fixed. Sorry. Also, a couple of readers familiar with the area pointed out that a better trip would be to fly to Hartford and travel north up I-91, and not via Boston. That took a larger rewrite.
Still getting people asking if I am going to incorporate the current racism-in-police issue in the story. No, I am not rewriting the story. Remember, the story is in 2025 at this point. 2020 was back in Chapter 12, which ran through 2022. He was not an active consultant during those years but was working on his doctorate. Regardless of the reforms being pushed and promised, we will still have police forces in the future. The crazies are pushing for police forces to be dismantled, but that simply won't be happening. Defunding is a definite possibility, but that isn't crazy. The largest mental health system in the nation is the prison system, which is also the largest drug treatment system and the largest homeless shelter system. The police and the prisons are the most expensive and inefficient way to do these things. Putting more money into these types of social programs makes a considerable amount of sense. As to what Grim would do differently, as early as 2019 Grim was giving lectures at the Athens and Forsyth academies on topics like PTSD, Use of Force, and Autism/Mental Health (Chapters 8 and 9). Those are the types of things that will be much more important in the future, at all academies.
I need help on a future project - Anybody out there with experience on an Arleigh Burke destroyer? How about any American destroyer? I need some minor technical details, slang, and nomenclature. Thanks.
Anyway, Chapter 27 should be fun. Enjoy!