Final wordcount just over 200K. The title fit the original incarnation of the plot rather better than what it ended up being, as well….

Sounds like it parallels a lot of what’s going on now. Huge word count too! I thought the challenge goal was only 50K, so way to over achieve.

I really love the idea of a story about small groups focusing on small territories as their resources are stripped further and further away, where the big philosophical reasons for the conflict are just so much background noise. I wish I could read this book.