Having money was a pleasant change. But after a time the fancy food, cool car and snappy clothes lost their thrill, and helping corporations make more money seemed pointless. In the end he unlocked his filing cabinets and started on the book. After finishing the outline and first two chapters the bug took hold firmly. He quit the law firm, bought a computer, and moved to Hawaii.
The Firebird Suite ended and, after a brief pause, Purple Rain started up.
Of course, Bailey thought as he downed a little more scotch, he'd gotten pretty slack at first, letting the book slide while he lay on the sand or went snorkeling. But hearing about Concord Space Systems had put him back on track. Rockets on Hawaii was some bad madness.
Since almost no one had a good word to say about the rockets except t
