I read this a couple of years ago on another site and I have to say that this is some of the best sci-fi I've ever read - professional or amateur author.
Some background info I have a German mother and had an American father. I grew up in Germany, Texas, and Alaska. I went to school in Switzerland , Heidelberg, Fairbanks, and Houston. I studied Physics in Germany, I participated with an Opel in a Paris Dakkar Rally Dakkar Ra...