Book excerpt: Adjusting to changes past and present isn't easy but Nivala's depleted crew is just about managing ... ... Until a devastating surprise attack forces more than one generation to risk their lives. This book begins six months after the end of Exceptional Point (Book Three in the Interstellar Enforcement Agency trilogy), features the same characters and is also set in the Major Shells. It is an interquel between the Enforcement Agency trilogy and teh Quantum Heritage series. Useful keywords for this book ... Aliens Extraterrestrial AI Sentient Cosmic Contact First Encounter Quantum Entanglement Exploration Outer Space Galactic Patrol Universe Starship Spaceship Spacer Spacecraft Spacewalk Humor Upbeat Banter Good over Evil Moral Kind Spacetime Wormhole Black hole Timeline Teleport Hyperspace Warp Drive Faster than Light FTL