I been a fan of his work since his first book. His characters are as real as you and me. Every one of books comes up. I know I am in for a treat. Just like 12 your boy waiting for the next Star Wars movies but better. Let clarify that. I saw the original in 1977 fourteen times. I was a Star Wars fan until they went toward the dark side. To throw away all those books for a Disney and JJ fantasy was a tragedy in story telling. Joshua is my go to for Si Fi and story telling and he gets better with every book.