Each Mother’s child would need more than just food and water, more than education, more even than safe nurturing and a sense of common purpose that would unite him with others of his kind. He would need that sense of security that came from knowing who he was. Somehow, she’d have to work this into her code.
This chapter, in which Rose McBride ponders the challenge of crafting THE MOTHER CODE, was one of the more difficult passages for me to write. As I wrote this (and as I so often do), I found myself just as "stuck" as my character was, wondering how to move forward with a seemingly impossible task. What Rose needs to do here—amidst her own impending grief and panic—will propel the rest of the plot. But she does her best...as I tried to do!
By the way, it's no mistake that Rose's office scenes, as well as many later scenes in the book, take place in the San Francisco Presidio—an iconic site that I have visited often, and one that often appears as a backdrop in futuristic sci-fi films like Star Trek.
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