Greeting to you.
I have hacked and chiselled a 140,000 word draft below 100,000. I'm at the fact-checking and fine-tuning stage, when that's complete: off to Unbound for editing. You can see where I'm at with word count from the totals in the chapter titles below. Those have changed a lot since the last update.
Thanks to you all for your patience - and for pledging in the first place.
Best,
Mark