Well, I'm a bit later than I estimated when I wrapped up GD back in June, but I think you'll be pleased with what I have to report. I wanted to give the story a proper consolidated version like I've been saying all along, so I went ahead got to work on a few different things. I went ahead and got a cover image done up by the talented Harry Rowland. You may have already spotted it in the story cover, but since that's low-res...

Feast your eyes!

[https://i.imgur.com/PRzmEXp.png]

So, armed with the shiny cover I've gone ahead and done three things for you, with links down in the footnote.

1. A free epub file, as promised, containing the text as it was published in its serial format. This should work on your epub reader of choice.

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2. A Kindle eBook, lightly edited to remove some minor inconsistencies and errors in the first few chapters.

3. A real dead-tree book, also lightly edited, so you can have that snazzy art on your bookshelf.

That first one is free, and for the second two I've tried to keep the pricing reasonable per the printing costs. If I've done my Amazon-fu correctly, buying the physical book should automatically give you the kindle version.

So, that's it! If any of you want to snag the epub for posterity please feel free, and if you'd like to toss some beer money my way please check out the other versions. If you buy one of the latter two I'd love it if you left a review on Amazon to let folks know what you think of the story.

I'm going to drop off the radar for another month or so, most likely - I'm writing another original story that's quite a bit more ambitious in scope than Grand Design, you'll see it here when I've got a bit more of a buffer built up. By my estimate I'll probably start posting around early September, so stay tuned!

Thanks again for following along on this whole crazy adventure! My editor and I will see you in September.