September Novel Essential Information

Novel Title: Shadows Disinterred
Time Setting: 2015
Genre: Thriller Mystery
Minimum Word Goal: 120,000
Timespan: April-September
Location(s): Humboldt, Swift Current, and St. Brieux, Saskatchewan
Main Characters: Dallas "D.H." Klybanowsky
Background Information: born before his parents even got married, Dallas was their oldest child and only son; he lived a perfectly average life until he began to be wakened in the night by what he eventually discerned was his parents fighting. His parents divorced when he was eight and he was forced to live in his mother's custody for the majority of it — even though he tried many times to hide in his dad's house when he and his siblings went for visits.
When Dallas was twelve his father remarried and intended to take full custody of his children again — which caused a violent reaction from Dallas' mother that led to her being arrested, Dallas being hospitalized for trying to intervene, and he, his sisters, and his half siblings being shipped off to a foster home.
Due to the kindness, courtesy, and caring of the RCMP officer who came to get Dallas from the hospital to the foster home when he'd recovered, Dallas began to take a keen interest in policing and read anything he could find on the occupation throughout his two years in the foster home before their custody was reinstated to his mother without her being charged.
Dallas' mother moved to Yorkton to put more distance between herself and his father, and Dallas — incensed by the move — began open rebellion that led to him seeing much more of the RCMP — however they were naturally not as kind as the first officer he met, due to the delinquent activities he engaged in until he was eighteen.
When he turned eighteen Dallas returned to Saskatoon and lived with his father and stepmother until he secured a place in Regina where he worked in construction before finally getting admittance into the RCMP Academy, from which he graduated with highest honours.
Since then, Dallas has made his home in Swift Current as part of the Rural Municipality of Swift Current detachment of the RCMP, mostly investigating robberies and homicides. He has largely severed ties with his mother, but has kept in touch with his siblings and father, along with growing closer to his father's side of the family.

Pronunciations:
St. Brieux: sahn breeoo
Klybanowsky: kliebanowski