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Click hereThe other brutal aspect of the struggle was every dead soldier was irreplaceable. The civilian woman-pool was effectively limitless. With low male ratios and the Plague added to that, China appeared to be on a fast track to oblivion. Before that happened, one final drama had to play out.
Shanghai.
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Grimjack01over 4 years agoThis should be in a book series on Amazon it's that good. I've been buying books since ummm long ago and I have Amazon prime, I would buy this if it was a series of books it's that good. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED. 5 stars.
rightbankover 7 years agothis chapter harkens back to the pre-Federation days and we meet a throw-back who has never been assimilated. Nice contrast. It is not by accident Jethro's home features a man cave. lol
FinalStandover 7 years agoAuthorYep, only FIVE days, FOUR months and TWO years later ... I have the next chapter submitted to Literotica.
FinalStandover 7 years agoAuthorChapter 11 is virtually complete. I need to get versions back from both editors, integrate the two and then submit it to Literotica. I hope it won't take more than a few more days.
James aka FinalStand
FinalStandalmost 8 years agoAuthorAnd after TWO long years ... Chapter 11 is complete. I have sent it to my editors though it may take a little while to get it back. The next chapter does not conclude the tale though it moves things along. Two-thirds of the story plays out around Israel and Company (12,039 of the 18,095 words) with the rest dealing with how events unfold which impact those who are hunting them. The Federation President has been taken down, the civilian government is collapsing, a military coup is in process, the Vanisher Conspiracy is in its final stages, Dr. Fremont has been busy and a Global Pandemic has been declared.
Through it all, I hope I've stayed true to the spirit of Israel - struggling with his past, dealing with the calamity his decisions have wrought and grappling with the knowledge of the dangers he and his friends will face - Top of his Class ...
Anonymousalmost 8 years agoLife as a New Hire had an update in the last few weeks, so here is hope that MAYBE this one will get an update soon. I missed reading this when it came out and just now finished it. Great job, but ending it with that cliff hanger is sooo mean lol.
rwrasotpwdg2about 8 years agoFinalStand,
I enjoyed this one almost as much as I have the Life of a New Hire and the Christian College Sex Comedy series. I do have to say, I'm sorry that you were/are going through the mental and psychological anguish. I can't imagine that writing from the perspective of such a psychologically damaged individual is easy for you. The world you have created here is haunting and depressing on it's own, adding Israel's anguish on top of it is hard to take. But now, I'm invested and hope to see how this one ends just like your other big stories.
Be well and thanks for all that you have added to the Literotica world over the years. Here's to hoping for many more additions.
SyrustheVirusover 8 years agoA majority of your stories are left undone...its a shame because you have so much talent....please finish
RedRheaover 8 years agoWelp, I'm really bummed this was never finished. I'm actually kind of surprised that as of writing this its only been like 1 and a half years since the last chapter. Usually whenever I read a story that's not finished, 10 years already passed or something along those lines. I like your writing style a lot and the world you built was really interesting. Israel sure did like his monologues. Thanks for the wonderful read.
RaptorPilotover 8 years agoI hope you don't mind, I read all of Jethro's lines in my best R. Lee Ermey voice. I understand the concept of writer's block, and I also understand losing the motivation to continue a spare-time project after working on it for a long time. The same thing happens to me when I make YouTube videos, I never quite finish the big projects I start. It's one of the reasons I'm not famous.
Now you've got the vast majority of a book here, the only thing left is to document the fall of humanity, and the presence or lack of hope for the future at the end. Now I'm not going to yell at you to finish what you've started, I'm sure plenty of people around here have already done that. All I can do is express my hope you'll find the inspiration to complete this story, then you can sit back with a satisfied look on your face and say, "There, now that's finished!"
You're an excellent writer, with real honest-to-god talent, aside from a few editing tidbits. (Hey, no editor is perfect!) It's been a huge pleasure reading this story, it's far above the usual swill that gets posted on this site.
Anonymousover 8 years agoI just recently found this story and took about a week to read it all and loved it all!!! I can't wait to see if Israel has any kids with Angel or any of the others. How soon are you thinking of coming back to this? Thanks in advance and looking forward to the next installment!!
