Roger, Blue Knight's alternate identity, finds his New York City visit more interesting than expected. He is in the City when Azzam from Amman, Jordan, finally succeeds in his twenty-year search for a jinni in a lamp. The arrival of the powerful marid, Kadar, makes life more interesting for everyone on Manhattan Island ... and nervous, as well. Kadar's puzzling presence and difficult demands are a new challenge for Superhero. He is an adversary with whom Roger/Blue Knight hopes he can have more success than he did with The Artiste. He is grateful not to be alone. Myra, fellow roomer in Chicago, is on the trip with him. In fact, if it were not for Myra, Roger would not be in New York at all at the time of Azzam's discovery.Roger tried to hide his envy when Myra revealed the invitation she received from her friend, Julie. Roger was delighted when Myra told him he could join her if he wished. Going to New York was the fulfillment of long held dreams ... second only to his dreams of knights of old. He also had dreams of Hawaii but realized it was foolish to think that three in a row could come true. (Oh, if he only knew ... check Episode IV.)
About the Author: Allen Pollens has always had two personas. There is the tinkerer who always wanted to know, "How does it work?" That one became a graduate engineer and led a high-tech work life for more than forty years. Then there is the storyteller, Allen Pollens, who was spinning tales from the time he was a child. In a burst of creativity he published ten books in less than three years. "SUPERHERO - Blue Knight Episode I, Dark Ship"is Al's seventh sci-fi-fantasy offering . His other books in this genre include: "THE LOST PHARAOH - Sobek II," "ALTERNATIVE LIVES - To Sleep, Perchance to Dream ... Another Life," "CONJUROR - Living the Tale," "CREATOR - Apocalyptic Sci-Fi Epic, Earth's Human Behavior Confronted," "CREATOR II -Human Behavior Explored" and "SUPERHERO -Chronicles of Blue Knight Adventures." Stories Pollens wrote for his grandchildren became the basis for "BOFFO BUTTERPHANT - Small Creature Adventures," "STARFISH CHRONICLES - Undersea Adventures with Sammy Starfish." He also turned the journal he kept on his European vacation into "Al's London and Dublin Holiday," published in full color, with ninety photos. The author's main retirement interests, in addition to writing, are travel and photography. He sums up his storytelling with this, "I have been telling stories my whole life. My children and grandchildren were ready audiences who assumed I could deliver a new story on demand and generally, I did."