OT1 - Somewhere in Bulgaria

The first chapter opens in a train station in Bulgaria where Oliver is trying to book a ride south, preferably to Turkey.

Many of the links in this adjunct to the novel are to youtube videos.  Accordingly, many of them have pesky ads, most of which you will want to skip as quickly as possible, enter full screen and slip into the moment.  Some of them have pretty cool videos.  If you have a no-ad subscription to Spotify or a similar service,  you can listen without the interruption.