The sequel, set in 2018-19, answers key questions left from "Streaks of Blue" while setting off on a whole new, unpredictable, entertaining and thought-provoking arc.
At 87K-plus words, it's considerably longer than the first book (54K) and goes much deeper with its characters because we get a direct window into many of their minds.
Part 1 features only Nikki's POV in first person. Part 2 introduces four male POV characters, all in first person: Adam Upton, her damaged friend from the first book; William Osborne, a divorced author and dueling pianist from Miami; Roger Janicek, Nikki's dad and a fire captain; and Steve Pearson, a married journalist and Nikki's colleague.
Parts 2 through 4 feature all five POVs, giving the story a much more well-rounded perspective.
Though it's fiction, this story -- which touches on everything from relationships to the media to Scientology to global warming and the race to colonize Mars -- is amazingly relevant for our time and should appeal to readers in their late teens on up.

Ebook and paperback editions will be published Oct. 9, 2015.
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