Navigating peace, ego, delusion, and with very questionable research.

Chapter 2 - The Story According to Ginger, Part 1

Ginger Jeeves, a celebrated but arrogant WWI pilot, revels in his fame while clashing with a clearly unhinged superior over leave and imagined alien threats. Afterward, a drink in the pub triggers fragmented memories, hallucinations, and dreamlike confusion, revealing Ginger's deep war trauma beneath his bravado.

… Or Insufferably Introducing a Beloved Character

This episode marks the first proper story chapter of XBook and introduces Ginger Jeeves, a celebrated RAF pilot struggling to adjust to life after the First World War while quietly unraveling under the weight of fame, trauma, fantasy, and entitlement.

XBook is a surreal, character-driven alien invasion novel set immediately after the First World War. Rather than focusing on plot mechanics, the novel explores internal conflict, obsession, identity, and psychological fragmentation through first-person narration.

This podcast is not about celebrating literary success — it is a retrospective autopsy of ambition, ego, ignorance, and the creative process.

Running Away From Myself, the debut novel by Daniel's Nemesis, available wherever you buy your ebooks. https://www.danielsnemesis.co.uk/ for more information.