> Current availability: the complete illustrated **drift** was published October 13, 2026. [Read Book Two](drift.html) · [Book Two release notes](DRIFT-RELEASE-NOTES.md). The September release record below is retained as publication history.

# Hollow Meridian: signal — Illustrated Saga Edition v2.0.0

By Jona Citrus Thyng

*The Hollow Meridian* becomes **Hollow Meridian: signal**, the complete, free illustrated first novel in a saga planned for at least three books.

## The reading order

1. **Hollow Meridian: signal — The Unaltered Timeline.** Book One preserves the history lived before temporal intervention. The complete novel is free.
2. **Hollow Meridian: drift — The First Temporal Intervention.** Developed under the working title *Signal from 2176*. A four-point-seven-second signal connects 2176 and 2026. This release includes a preview.
3. **Hollow Meridian: fracture — The Price of Temporal Meddling.** The consequences of intervention and repeated time loops. Forthcoming.

## This edition

- Revised Book One title, series framing, and continuity establish its role as the unaltered timeline.
- A new cover and interior illustrations accompany the complete novel.
- EPUB, PDF, DOCX, and HTML editions provide reflowable, fixed-layout, editable, and browser reading options.
- Descriptions and publication metadata introduce the larger saga and point readers to the Book Two preview.
- Legacy PDF, EPUB, and distribution-kit filenames continue to serve the current Book One edition.

The original v1.0.0 and corrected v1.0.1 releases remain preserved as historical editions. The new editable edition has its own filename; the DOCX named v1.0.1 continues to identify the historical corrected edition.

Read [the complete novel](https://the-hollow-meridian.doggiepuke.chatgpt.site/read.html) or visit [the official site](https://the-hollow-meridian.doggiepuke.chatgpt.site) for the edition and saga information.

Copyright © 2026 Jona Citrus Thyng. Book One is free to read and share in complete, unmodified form at no charge. All other rights reserved. See SHARING-PERMISSION.txt for the release terms.