Octogenarian, Robin Hess, has been pastor, bus driver, Realtor(r), librarian, politician and finally retired with his wife, Arlene, to Vashon Island with an outstanding view of Mt. Rainier across Puget Sound. Both of them enjoy reading, traveling and their church fellowship. She enjoys gardening and cooking. He enjoys her cooking and her garden and writing. Robin has followed science fiction since the days of Tarzan and Buck Rogers, experimenting with writing it during high school and afterwards.