Without a famous name (tick) or publisher (tick) or (heaven forbid), a large social media following (double tick), the beginning of an independently written novel has to be close to perfection for a given target audience, for the thing to have any chance of avoiding Dodo status - no matter how good it may be overall.

So here is the thing.

I have taken a few bugs out, re-written the front end, tweeked a few other elements and issued a second edition, which is now available on Amazon to reboot this thing.

Openly... 'I'm feeling pretty good about the changes'. I'm thinking 'maybe I have finally cracked it this time...'

What do you think?

Consistently editors I have hired, B-readers, and friends / family alike give great feedback - but they worry that folks won't get far enough into the novel to 'get there' as the opening is sticky to get through.

I have set up a free copy promotion on Amazon for the 8th and 9th of Feb (USA LA time of course!!), to see if this upgraded version gets traction.

If not - well I will go again - and again - and again.