And yes, I am starting to publish the newest in the "Night of Madness" series. But this time, it is going to be a bit different.
Not a single narrator, but five. Each will be narrating their own stories, in very different points of view. Most will be familiar, but some are completely new.
Clint makes a deal with Control, and "goes Rogue" under the name of "Monk". Trying to track down Mastermind, outside of the normal role of a Paladin.
Kitsune is not as happy as she had thought she would be in Control. She got her dream job of working with their Investigative branch, and even attended the FBI Academy. But some politician sent her on a crusade to try to find evidence of "mutant slavery". So she finds herself stripping once again, having to take her clothes off and search for any proof that mutants are being turned into sexual slaves.
Sonny is a somewhat embittered mutant. He was happy in the Army, but he became a mutant and soon found himself kicked out as it was the kind that the UN had forbid any in the military from having. So not knowing what to do, he approached the Mafia and soon found himself as a bodyguard for a mid-level boss in the organization.
Tina from the River City series is still with Lester, but gets some revelations from him when he realizes that he now knows who all of the main Paladins in Compass City really are. She is shocked, and decides she needs to be a bit more active herself.
Marcy was like most people. A wife and mother, who sees things getting worse and worse and knows they are not being told the truth. Then when a Paladin with a bomb almost kills her and her daughter, she decides to become more active.
And yes, both Sunny and Marcy are new characters, but Marcy has been seen before even if in a "minor role". And not all chapters will use the format of the opening one. I may have an entire chapter dedicated to a single character, or two or more. Some may not appear for several chapters. But I wanted to introduce (or re-introduce) all of them in the first one, so people will have an idea what to expect and who they were.
And I am sure more than a few will be going "What the fuck" when Lester tells Tina-Frank more about his past interactions with the Paladins of Compass City.