This book has finally come back from the Editor, so this month it is going to get a second revision, a second draft for the editor, and beta readers.
And so it begins...
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What is the truth?
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When I first started writing this story, I had an idea in mind where it would lead.
All I knew was that by the end of the story, a person who thought he knew what was right or wrong, would discover that the concept of right and wrong was just a matter of who told you what was right, even if it was wrong.
After all, he was on the right side, and doing good often meant doing anything and everything to ensure the bad buys didn't win.
You know, the ends justify the means.
What if the one person you thought was on the side of truth and justice, was simply someone who wanted wealth and power and didn't care how it was achieved?
The first draft of this story saw the main character, our protagonist, get sent on a mission that was compromised before it started. What he thought was a mentor, and killed in action, and only just avoiding the same fate himself, was later portrayed as anything but the honourable man he thought he was.
It was meant to be a glimpse into the smile and mirrors world where nothing is as it seems.
In editing, the story seemed to take on a new life, and the true meaning of what the Enemy Within is about starts to come through.
It's what I think I originally intended.
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