Life, as I have found out myself, is indeed the great educator. In this book, my debut novel and the first in the Supernova trilogy, I set out to tell a different type of story. It is of course fiction, but like all good fiction, the underlying messages that this story seeks to convey to the reader are based on real life. Whilst I hope the reader will find the main Supernova story arc to be a thrilling and enjoyable read, I will be equally pleased if it is the smaller story arcs, that focus on important social, political and environment issues, that really stick in the reader's mind, long after they have finished the book. I am married, have degrees in Economics, Politics and an MBA, am widely read in the sciences and have lived in or visited most of the countries and cities where this story takes place, which I hope gives Supernova an even stronger sense of realism.