A special thank you also goes to fellow author, Ian Watson, for the idea on how to make the earth’s magnetic field stronger, and to pilot, Simon Ludlow, for his knowledge and insights on flying the Piper Cherokee (which is one aeroplane I’ve never flown!).
Although there is a ‘Monkey Island’ in the Florida Keys, my geography of it in this story is totally fictional, as I did not get the chance to visit it during my research trip.