Dom Stasi is a TV and motion picture technologist instrumental to the development of such bellwether networks as HBO and MTV where he served as Director and Vice President of Engineering and Network Operations respectively. Author of over 30 peer-reviewed papers on terrestrial and satellite communications, he is a former president and chairman of the science advocating Society of Space and Satellite Professionals International, and holds that institution's prestigious Mentor Award. Recently retired, Dom lives in Los Angeles with his wife of 50 years, Gloria. THE STRAIT is his first work of fiction.