An update on Allegiance

Last night, I met my first self-imposed deadline: finishing the first draft of Allegiance! Actually, the target was end of February so I'm ahead of schedule :-) 
What does that mean? I'm well on my way through the difficult task of finishing this novel. I'm nowhere near done and it's nowhere near presentable but the bones of the plot are there. 

Now, I must bring this sucker to life, infusing emotions and senses into it - the "meat" that makes a plot a story. For those interested in the novel...