Author's Note
This story surrounds the events leading up to the Reyne-Tarbeck rebellion. Picking a specific time is quite difficult, especially because I haven't written it all yet. By my estimate right now, we are in the 259th or 260th year after the Targaryen Conquest, and Jaehaerys II is just taking over from Aegon V. Robert's rebellion will begin in 22 or 23 years, and most of those players are young men or infants. The war of Ninepenny Kings has not begun yet, but will soon, and Tywin Lannister will become a man and a knight. I took a great deal of inspiration from John LeCarrre's Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy in planning it, so if you're a fan of good spy fiction, some of these non-canon characters may seem very familiar. That said, I've done my best to make this story lore-friendly. I welcome any comments or advice to improve the story in this manner.
Like I mentioned before, this story is not finished. Hardly even started. I have it mapped out and each major section should be fairly self-contained, so I'll post them as I write them. I'm a grad student, living off loans, and I'm writing this instead of my thesis, so please be patient with any delays. A Prologue and Interlude, together about 7500 words, are in beta right now. Chapter 1 is in a rough draft, and may be a week or two, since it's funding season and I have proposals to write and science to do.
