I totally agree...
That's what clued me in too... I think maybe he killed somebody that was in the Army and then started using his victims story as his own. I'm theorizing that his lies about being a service member mixed in with extreme violence is what rose him to power.
I was just thinking the same thing this morning!
Man... I'm definitely hooked! I'm finishing up Chapter 19 for the first time right now. 20, here I come!
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