Sketchy Sketches for 1920

And just a wee little thing I made for fun while Abby helped me find a way to summarize the story. "1920 Interbellum" was one of the early working titles that was shortened to just 1920 - still a working title.

The Summary, courtesy of Abby:

Set in the bustling metropolis of Chicago a few years after the end of the Great War, 1920 (a working title) brings together a group of vastly different characters whose lives clash and connect as different factions vie for control of the city.

Federal  agent Rose Scott finds herself precariously positioned; forced to deal with one criminal faction led by the young and ambitious Natasha Sokolovskaya for the chance to gain valuable information that would help her take down the notorious Vincenzo Veronesi  and his bodyguard Hans Von Blau, the former German soldier whose presence in the Italian mafia is as conspicuous as his reputation is ruthless. Hans has always been the subject of much talk, more so now than ever, as his relationship with Vincenzo becomes suspect.

Natasha herself proves to be a far more capable and challenging adversary than Agent Scott could ever have imagined and the only person who may be able to help stop her from solidifying her own hold over Chicago's criminal underground is her cousin, Captain Aleksandr  Sokolovski, an acquaintance of Agent Scott's during the War before the disorder of Revolution shook his homeland.  Now in Moscow, Aleksandr has been estranged from his unbalanced younger cousin Natasha, and his beloved older sister Tatiana, an honest businesswoman in a dishonest trade, who has become Natasha's unwilling accomplice. Put in a difficult position, the choice of helping his family may mean to risk treason.

On top of this, Agent Scott has another former acquaintance in town. A now disgraced doctor who has his own ends to achieve and who is being trailed by a beautiful singer  who has followed him to Chicago full of righteous fury and murderous intent.

When Agent Scott's twin sister Josephine comes to Chicago for a poorly timed visit, she inadvertently sets in motion events that will make the previously cool and detached machinations of Chicago's opposing factions irreversibly personal.

1920 follows all of these individual stories as they come together to form a tale of love, survival, crime, and revenge that is monumental in its scope. 

~Aw, thanks Ab <3 i="">