More about Sooley Base, As Sulayyil as it is in real life, resting sullenly in the sands and wadis. Some may say, “launch complex located approximately 27 kilometers North of the desert oasis of Al Sulayyil consists of a site support area and two launch areas located 6 kilometers apart.”  Nah, that’s all I want to let you in on at the moment.

Is blood thicker than water? Is life a circle? So perhaps one should research the genome project, DNA and see how it fits in. It does, doesn’t it – don’t missiles and blood tie together? Perhaps it will become clear when Sooley Base or The Tessera Trilogy is complete … one can only hope.

Surprise of all surprises, a reader of Golden Gate, one of the select group of discriminating readers to whom copies were sent or offered, provided a comment. While brief, it offered a ray of encouragement in my world, so devoid of feedback -  “Just reading the first couple of pages, I am excited about reading the entire novel.”