Updated 28 October 2026
Terms
This site is operated by Lost Island Entertainment. By using it you agree to these terms.
The work
Reward Function, its excerpts, characters, world, text, artwork, music and sound are © 2026 Lost Island Entertainment and its licensors. Excerpts come from a working manuscript and may change before publication. You may share links and short quotations with attribution. Please don’t republish the excerpts in full or use the material commercially without permission.
Artwork and audio
Some imagery, music and sound on this site were created with generative tools under our direction and are presented as concept material for the novel. Characters and places depicted are fictional.
Interest, not orders
Reserving a place, choosing a format or picking a support level records your interest only. It isn’t a purchase or a subscription, and nothing will be charged. Any future sale or subscription will happen through a separate checkout, with its own terms, that you choose to complete.
The Benevolence Factor
The civic self-assessment is a piece of fiction. It isn’t a real assessment of anything, and your answers aren’t stored unless you choose to join the signal with your badge.
Acceptable use
Don’t attempt to disrupt the site, probe it for vulnerabilities without permission, scrape it at scale, or sign up other people without their consent. Found a security issue? Please tell us at [email protected] (see security.txt).
No warranty
The site is provided as is. To the extent the law allows, we aren’t liable for indirect losses arising from its use.