10 Questions with ‘Abstracted’ Protagonist Maia Highland

International Supremacy Bureau Agent Maia Highland on her military ambitions, post-Tenderfoot plans, and being surrounded by men.

Interview by Mellissa Thomas

1) So you’re the lead agent in the Tenderfoot case. What’s it like to narrate it?

Oh, I’m the lead? That’s news to me. As for narrating…[shrugs] I guess you can call it that. I’m just working the case. Whatever you do, just don’t show me that stuff or play it back for me to see or hear. Can’t stand the sound of my own voice or seeing mysel...