134,229.
Finit.
Man, it took me a long time to write that epilogue.
A Star Shall Fall both is and isn’t my longest novel to date. In Ashes Lie clocked in at about 143K in its final draft, but only 129,682 in the first round. I have no idea whether this, too, will be the Amazing Ever-Growing Book when it comes time to revise. That, my friends, is a concern for later.
This is my eleventh novel. I’m pretty pleased with it.