The universe only works out the answer when it has to. Neither do paywalls.
Chapter One of The Ledger is yours without charge, and always will be. The chapters after it are for readers who want the story to keep arriving: a single token payment buys the serial pass, which unlocks every chapter already published and every chapter still to come, delivered here first, before any other edition exists.
How it works
Pay once. The moment you do, you are taken to your chapters and asked for your email; a one-time code lands in your inbox, and every unlocked chapter is yours. The page grows as new chapters arrive. No password, no account, no app, no tracking, in keeping with a book about the danger of being recorded.
One payment. Every chapter, now and to come.
Not read Chapter One yet? Start there. It costs you nothing but the look.