W. Allen Dark wrote his first novel Pinedale Incident soon after he retired from a business career that included executive positions with large and small companies, founding of two companies and ownership of three businesses in Houston and Austin. Prior to his years in the business world, he served as a Lieutenant in the U. S. Army on Okinawa during 1965-1966, and then worked as a professional engineer. He earned degrees from The University of Alabama, The Georgia Institute of Technology, and Harvard University. Allen writes from a home of his own design on native Post Oak Savannah land in rur...