From the author: I grew up in Aberdeen, South Dakota with my three brothers. I am married to a wonderful woman, have two sons, three step-daughters, a fat cat and a yippy dog. My first book took me an entire year to write. But at that time, I only had one goal in mind: to see if I COULD write a book. When I finished it, I read through it a couple of times and realized something: it was pretty good. So, I kept writing. After I finished the second book, I realized something else: this is what I want to do--write stories. I want to contribute to the science fiction community (and get these crazy