"The Ark: Preface & Chapter One (Free Preview)"

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It was the dead week between Christmas and New Year's. He went out for a walk to clear a hangover. The ducks left first. By noon the power was gone, the phones were dead, and he was sitting in the dark behind a locked door, sure he was safe. He wasn't. The Ark is the journal one man kept for three years after the Bang. It isn't a guide written by someone who got everything right. It's the record of someone who got most of it wrong, paid for it, and made sure the lessons outlived him. This free preview is the Preface and Chapter One, about twenty minutes of reading. It's an advance draft: the text is still being edited and the illustrations aren't in yet. The full novel, illustrated in his own hand, launches on Kickstarter on 3 November 2026, alongside CANS., four field manuals built from his mistakes. Sign up to get the preview now and an email when the campaign goes live.