Because it takes a talented writer to make me despise the main character. I cannot recall EVER rooting for the badguys to harm the protagonist but Franklin has done just that. I giggled at every lump that SOB took because he deserved every lump. I despise Mary Sue/Gary Stu characters but Dan is the inverse of those types of character. He’s a buffoon and he only survives because the author’s pen demands it. If Dan was my buddy during TEOTWAWKI I’d eventually “go out for cigarettes and never come back” Either way, good read, keep it up.