The Victim
The Victim is a complete novel by Luis Fominaya Parra, free to read online at the-victim.com. It is about 87,500 words long, in four chapters (The house, Friends, Ascent and Victory) divided into 80 short sections. Its narrator, a cold and calculating young woman adopted into a wealthy family, learns that presenting herself as the victim wins her sympathy, deflects blame and opens doors, and she rides that discovery all the way into national politics. It is a political satire about tokenism, public opinion, social justice and ambition, written for adult readers.
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Preface
What if not all victims were victims? What if public opinion was the judge, jury and executioner that condemns men without the chance to defend themselves?
The Victim is a tale of lies, murder and betrayal where people play to win using social justice for their own ambition.
Because of self-publishing it’s all free, unless you want to support me, in which case, thank you.
Reader questions
Is The Victim free to read?
Yes. All four chapters of The Victim by Luis Fominaya Parra are available in English on this site. You can read them in your browser without paying or creating an account.
What is The Victim about?
A cold, manipulative young woman finds that people will defend her, excuse her, and attack her enemies when she gives them a convincing story about how she’s been wronged. She uses that advantage to build a political career.
Why is the novel called The Victim?
The title refers to the role the narrator plays. She presents herself as the injured party so people will take her side, even when she caused the harm herself.
Where should I start reading?
Start with Chapter One, The house, then read Friends, Ascent, and Victory in that order.
How long is The Victim?
About 87,500 words: four chapters divided into 80 short sections of around 1,100 words each. At an average reading speed that is roughly six hours.
Is The Victim suitable for teenagers?
It is written for adult readers. It contains murder, violence involving children, sexual assault allegations, political violence, and racist and offensive language from its characters.
Can I download The Victim as an ebook?
Yes. A free EPUB edition works with Apple Books, Kobo, Google Play Books, Calibre and most e-readers. Kindle users can send it to their Kindle with Amazon's Send to Kindle.
Has Luis Fominaya Parra written other novels?
Yes. Neytopia is his epic novel about a ruthless goddess, a raven, a revolutionary and a lost space traveler. It is also free to read online at neytopia.com.
Acknowledgments
Thank you to everyone who has paid for this book. Your support makes The Victim possible and allows me to keep self-publishing.
Thank you to Artem Rudenko for designing and developing this website. Also, thanks for the logo design.
The font used in this book is a subset of IBM Plex Serif, designed by Mike Abbink and released under the SIL Open Font License 1.1.
Got suggestions? Want to express your outrage? I’m at fpluis@outlook.com.
If you want to help
Tell your friends about The Victim. Tell your family. Tell your neighbors, your enemies, your pets. It’s free and it helps a lot.
You can always give me money. Since I don’t and won’t run ads nor sell private user data, the only other way to support this book is to give me money. Note that this is not my full-time job. The more success and revenue this book generates, the more time I will spend writing paragraphs instead of code.
If you don’t care about me personally, think about your contribution as affecting the whole publishing ecosystem. Self-publishing is very time-consuming and takes skill or money. Successful self-published books prove to other authors that they don’t need a publisher. Giving me money, you would be voting for self-publishing with your wallet.