A fun thing about writing fiction is how it makes you "god" in your fictional universe. I dream up all sorts of situations when I'm idly posting here.
I reread Book 3 and thought it was "decent", but I can see a large gulf relative to the few writers I really enjoy. I get one of their books and I'm hooked until I finish it, but those authors are rare, and I have started reading books far worse than mine often.
In my humble or not so humble opinion ....
I wrote a lot of technical reports when I was employed (not that anyone read them) so I'm used to typing. Folks used to show up in my office and ask me questions about this or that project I had worked on and I'd hand them 2-3 tech reports and they'd leave, never to show their face again. It was an effective "go away" tool. They'd pile them in a corner and "plan to read them, some day", which never came.
Near the end of my career, I found a real sinecure and my main job was to send out a summary of relevant patents to about 120 people, most hard copy because my boss wanted me to do it. I had three folks in India who did the real work, I would reformat a bit and send them to our printing folks. Anyway, very few people read the report, even though I'd add a cover sheet with "patents of the week", usually three of them. And, I entitled it "The Patent Summary Report".
I had exactly ONE PERSON ever make the connection who asked me about that title.
The rest gave it no attention. What a job. I did little else for a week, an occasional meeting and semiannual presentation to the "Leadership Team", who could care less.
Big Companies, you can find a slot and retire there, in effect, and get paid handsomely. They are still paying me two more years.
