Planetbound, along with Earthbound and The Lexal Affair completes the Kyhana series. If there will be more I don’t want to predict. This volume includes references to the 9/11 attack on the World Trade Center. It’s my hope my readers will not regard this as exploiting a tragedy. My apologies in advance to any that do so — such certainly was not my intent.
My employment is in the financial industry, and many of my colleagues were impacted directly by the attack as they lost friends and associates in firms such as Cantor Fitzgerald and others. As a native New Yorker (upstate, not the City), I felt the attack personally, and this volume is an attempt to address my feelings — and, to speculate on how one individual could in a small way thwart the forces of evil. Who’s to say something like this didn’t happen?
— May, 2003. D. M. Arnold
Sukiko stepped into the bedroom in her short robe, brushing her raven hair. She tied it into a ponytail, glanced toward Nyk and slipped off her robe. Standing sideways to him, she ran her hands along her belly. “Three months to go.”
“Did I ever tell you how good you look pregnant?” he asked.
“Only about every night.” She slid into bed and snuggled to him. “You know, Nykkyo — I think Mom has fallen in love with you. I can tell by the way you two interact. She’s not like that with everyone.”
