Variation on a Theme, Book 4
Copyright© 2022 by Grey Wolf
Foreword
Hi! Welcome to the fourth book in the Variation on a Theme series. This started as an experiment as to whether I could write a story (much less a competent, or even interesting, story). With about 1.4 million words published: so far, so good.
Book 4, as you might expect, takes themes and characters developed over the past three books and both continues and expands their story. A few of the many threads running through Variation on a Theme include: no character is necessarily gone, minor characters can suddenly become important, friendships grow and change (and sometimes fail), people may be connected in unexpected ways, and small actions can lead to larger-than-expected consequences. Book 4 expands on all of those (and more) in ways both predictable and (I hope) unpredictable.
Unlike previous Variation on a Theme books, I’m starting out posting this one with comments enabled. Highly inflammatory comments may be deleted, as may things that are significantly off-topic. I’m not sure how a spoiler might get in there, but those might get deleted, too. My hope is that I never have to delete anything, but I’ve never used comments before, so we’ll see. Better to over-warn than not.
If you have a comment that you would like a personal reply to, please use ‘Feedback to Author’ and not the comments section. I intend to read and participate in the comments, but I may also miss things there. We’ll see how things go.
If you’ve gotten here without reading ‘Variation on a Theme’ books 1-3, put this book down right now and read the first three books. Trust me. You’ll have little idea what’s happening, why it’s happening, or who these people are. And, of course, there are major spoilers all over the place in this book for the first three books.
If you’ve read the other books and liked them, great! Please rate them, write a review, whatever. I like feedback. If you have story suggestions, feel free to pass them along. As you might guess, I’m writing well ahead of publishing, but I still may be able to use your ideas in this or a later book.
I am greatly indebted to the editors who have contributed so much to Variation on a Theme: Robin Pentecost, Steve, Gerrit, Pixel the Cat, Sam Spam, and two mystery editors. I am particularly thankful to Steve for tireless work on improving my writing style and pointing out weaknesses in the story, and to Pixel the Cat for many collaborative assists along the way. This story would be considerably poorer without their efforts; the errors that remain are all mine.
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