NNVC really has something. Mark my words, if NNVC does not develop it and bring to the world in a workable useable form, someone will somehow someway steal it from them an make it happen somehow someway.
As far as the foundation, I found the early chapters interesting but also found it to be a little boring in a tidious way and never finished the trilogy. The mule got a little too extended!
Which stage is NNVC in as far as a trilogy goes, and who is the likely mule?