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Jan 9Liked by C.J. Stone

Ohhhh, how I’ve MISSED this! Missed it! Missed it, I tell you! Can’t wait to read with you on the “Endgame” to Savage Dawn’s “Infinity War”! .....Even though it’s not quite the same thing! The descriptors in the first few paragraphs were honestly so thorough; I could picture the scene itself in my head as I was reading it! I’ve realized that I’ve transitioned more from accurately describing the environment and the characters in favor of pursuing more in-depth character-to-character interactions (you’ll notice as you continue reading “The Paragons”), but this chapter overall was a great refresher of where we are right now in the series, who all the characters are, and where their stances and allegiances currently lie.

Everyone from Beth to Conner to Ethan to Stanley.....it’s like a long-awaited reunion! And maybe we’ll see Olivia Lockheed, Howard Vincent, and the others as well! But.....of course Maximus Savage has to come in, ‘cause of course he has to. Maybe if his lackey Larry Oberkfell could invent some kind of crazy machines that could allow himself and Benjamin Drummond to also join the Gang on their missions---so they’d be more than just Savage’s assistants---then they’d be more successful. Maybe Oberkfell could be like Armor from Marvel (I don’t know if you know who she is), putting on this very durable exoskeleton, and Drummond could be like.....Leech or something. Also, I’ll be looking out for Augustus Bell and any further status updates on T.L. “Tip” Grim, if there even are any.

Sapphire Angel’s taken down a lot of Savage Gang members, so I don’t exactly know who Savage is referring to when he alludes to Crusher Barnes’ “brother”. The word “Crush” within the name suggests “Smash”---brings up memories of him---but maybe he could be referring to Rocco Lynch as well. You know Sapphire’s been successful if all of THAT has happened. And if this big party is happening as well. She should’ve shown up to it as Sapphire.....or maybe she’s about to do so in a few chapters, with the Gang about to strike.

Is the update schedule still Mondays and Thursdays? If so, great! I’ll tune in again then!

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Thanks for tuning back in! Your comment about Endgame made me chuckle.

I've always thought that recaps are particular difficult, as they need to bring new and old readers up to speed, but not be just a boring regurgitation of past events.

If I recall correctly, we'll hear from all the characters you mentioned in your comment, although not in the way you mentioned. So no Armor :) And, now that I think of it, we might see Grim mentioned, but I'm not even sure of that.

Oh, and Crush and Smash are indeed brothers. I think I mentioned it somewhere, but could have been more clear about that.

And yes, the schedule is till Mondays and Thursdays.

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