With the publication last month of "The Cloud of Darkness" I've written about the adventures of Alec in the Dominion for the first time in several years. Technically, parts of the book are set in the Avonellene Empire and the land of the Twenty Cities, but the heart of the stories about Alec remains in the Dominion. I found that I had to do a fair amount of research to recollect names and details about places visited in the past, and I hope that readers will enjoy the returns in the short novel that takes us back to Alec. The plot line is a fairly simple one, and this series will only be a two book addition to Alec's life story, and then it will be on to something new. The writing has been slow this year due to many distractions - wonderful and positive events, but distractions from the time I could spend writing. Nonetheless, look for the second book to be published before the end of the year to close out this plot line.