Three thousand words. That's the net difference added to Book 1. It is officially a novel (40K words or more by SFWA standards). And it is much MUCH better than it was. The story is the same, but the details are much more fleshed out and consistent with the later books.
I honestly don't know what happened. I can only guess that I had such a vision for the series that I got ahead of myself with Book 1, which feel like an introduction and is probably what was going on at the time I wrote and edited this. These updates will make a huge difference in the flow of the story. It feels more meaty now and not so thin.
It also doesn't feel agitated and clunky like I had ADD in the original writing and editing. The story is still fast and there, but the details and dialogue are much smoother in transitions and characters more consistent with what they settle into in books two and three.
I will be uploading the new version this weekend, along with updating a new print omnibus of Collection 1 of these books. I'm just getting into a final pass tonight, so it'll take a couple of days to finish.
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