CHAPTER 1 Survival of the FittestIt was the end of the world, and Topher needed a new linen suit. Unfortunately, some maniacs from the west attacked his caravan before he could find one, so he had to put off the search until later, unless he died, of course, in which case the point was moot. But at least he’d put on clean underwear, not that going into battle wearing soiled undergarments was even an option. It was a longstanding Bill family tradition to put on clean underthings before all major life events, stretching back to the days of Wilhelm Bill the Mangler who, having married into French aristocracy, fought against his homeland during the Franco-Prussian War, thus earning the title Wilhelm Bill the Sonofabitch. Besides, Topher considered himself a gentleman, and gentlemen did not d
