Hey, within the Wires listeners, I know I've told you a few times already, but Janina and I have a novel coming out next week, Tuesday, November 16th, and it's called You Feel It Just Below The Ribs.

Rather than tell you again the premise and plot of the book, we thought we'd just give you a sample.

This is an excerpt from the audiobook narrated by Kirsten Potter and Adapero Aduyet.

You can pre-order the book wherever you get your books or audiobooks. Do that today. Pre-orders are huge for us. Go do that now. It's like a gift to your future self.

Okay, we hope you enjoy this excerpt from the novel's introduction and chapter one.

Introduction.

The following manuscript was found under the floorboards of an attic room in a bed sit in Stockholm in 1996.

The proprietor of the bed sit, being possessed of no small amount of insight, or perhaps a greater than usual amount of self importance.

Donated the manuscript to the Staten's Historicica Museum. At the time, the museum did not pay much attention to the manuscript, as it seemed to them to be a highly implausible personal memoir that held no cultural or historical significance.

At least none that could be verified.

Its author made bold claims, but did not provide sufficient details to corroborate them.

It wasn't until a staff member, by chance, learned about the body found with the manuscript that the museum began to take the work seriously.

Whom that body belonged to changed the significance of the manuscript.

The woman in question had been living under a false name for more than 20 years, so uncovering her identity took some time.

Eventually, through dental records, it was determined that she was none other than Dr. Miriam Gregory.

Dr. Gregory was a prominent psychologist during her lifetime, and her work contributed to the better implementation of some of the foundational tenants of the new society.

Her understanding of how to examine and manipulate the human mind was truly staggering, and the impact her work had on the world is impossible to quantify.

She was reported missing in 1975 by her wife, Teresa Moyo, after she failed to come home from work.

Teresa died in 1982, so we have not been able to verify those parts of the manuscript that deal with their relationship.

Since the discovery of the author's body, the manuscript has come under intense scrutiny from a range of sources, including the central government of Western Europe, and numerous academic institutions, questioning its veracity, if not its very authenticity.

There was much debate about the wisdom of making the document public, considering the many unverifiable claims and the outright misinformation it contains.

Ultimately, the societal council decided it was best left unpublished.

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