Penny de Byl is a professor of computer game design and development, artificial intelligence, animation, and educational technology. She has been awarded numerous awards for teaching and research throughout her twenty-year career. She has a PhD in artificial intelligence and computer game character programming. To date, she has written four books, including the best-selling Holistic Game Development and Artificial Life Possibilities: A Star Trek Perspective. This book represents her first foray into fiction, combining her expertise in computer science with her love of crime mysteries and police procedurals. For more details, see her website at http: //pennydebyl.m