Daniel de Cruz wrote his first book, which he later called The Cruces Crises, when he was visiting his sister-in-law’s house in Bloemfontein, South Africa, on a hot and sleepless night, just before Christmas, 2018. Yes, it is hot in December in the southern half of the world, and this night was hotter than ever. There was not a single cloud in the night sky and the stars were shining brightly. Orion was standing on his head! There were the seven sisters of the Pleiades and the Milky Way was flowing like a river of stars across the heavens. Daniel saw the Southern Cross aka the Crux constellation, a cross in the sky that shines over Africa that cannot be seen in London, England, where Daniel lives with his wife, Marna and his son, Thomas. Daniel’s first book is dedicated to his father, Denis de Cruz, who died in 2013. Gazing up at the night sky Daniel wondered to himself, “is my father up there somewhere beyond those distant stars?”