The sequel to Empty Space, Second Signal continues the interstellar journey of Dorienne Nielsen. Now the captain of her own ship full of misfits, she faces all the challenges of both a scrounger and a space captain, from pirates and other scroungers hell-bent on revenge, to evil plots of powerful cosmic laboratories and the drama of life on a cramped space ship. In the midst of this harrowing life, Dorienne discovers even deeper truths that force her to take a sharp stand and engage in even more dangerous activity.
Suzanne Dome is a special ed para, Emporia State University and Hutchinson Community College Alumni, and a tree-hugging, star-gazing, crystal gripping gypsy in black. For years she has stared at the sky and wondered what was out there and if they wondered the same thing from their planet. Suzanne was an artist early on and started writing young, and achieved a talent based scholarship at her university. Her short fiction and poetry were published in both The Tulgey Wood(HCC) and the Quivira(ESU) collegiate journals. At Wichita-area conventions, she goes by the business-name Off World Tribe, and creates rough gemstone jewelry. Suzanne is also an avid science junkie, fan of ancient aliens, and obsessed with weather phenomena. She currently lives in Rural Kansas, watches the skies and helps special needs kids excel in school. She edits her own work and has a BA in English.