And so we begin the snippeting of Spheres of Influence, leading up to the release of the novel in mid-August!   ------     Chapter 1. The slender blond man glanced up from his desk, startled – DuQuesne had, of course, been suppressing the station security systems. Couldn't take a chance that someone would be warned, if things had gone bad.        The startled look immediately gave way to caution. "Stop right there, please."        DuQuesne stopped immediately; Ariane did the same. He saw [ Continue reading... ]