And so we come to another start
of a new segment. I don’t know where we’re going from here, just as I have had
no idea where it was going from the beginning; in other words, I suppose it’s
as much of a journey for me as it is for all of you who have been reading the
words I’ve been putting onto your screens.
Over the last two parts I’ve been
introducing characters and concepts; now because I’ve been doing this
unplanned, I realise that I’ve probably been doing it a little too fast. Too
many characters in too short a time coupled with a painfully authorial presumption
that most of you have a handle on the mythologies and religions I’m drawing on –
some of which have been dead for thousands of years. If any of you have felt at
any point throughout the course of reading Valerian Night that I’ve left you
behind, I apologise.
Which brings me to Part 3. I’m
going to attempt in this new part to slow things down a little, to break the
characters up a little more. Heck, I might even plan a little! This oncoming
part will deal primarily with our original characters, Morpheus and Alyxa, as
they search for Maye Darjeeling, the witch who made the deal with Lucifer,
briefly mentioned in chapter 78 (Payment). So we’re going back to the
beginning, and trying to get to the heart of all that business about bridging
the Rift between Reveille – where the old gods reside – and the mortal world –
where the rest of us muddle through our lives.
I won’t be able to start part 3
until the end of October, I don’t know how it’s going to go, but I know it’ll
go somewhere. I hope you are looking forward to it as much as I am!
Enjoy the journey...
~V
