And here’s Joel Shepherd writing about his second “Cassandra Kresnov” novel, Breakaway:

I'm sometimes asked about the differences between Crossover and Breakaway.   Well, Sandy gets less sex in Breakaway.   No seriously.   She's not happy about it either.

That aside, it's been great fun to write a series about an artificial intelligence where the protagonist isn't much interested in chess, couldn't give a hoot about quantum physics, but becomes a keen surfer and gets into sex, drugs and rock 'n roll.   The actual plot aside, Breakaway's where Sandy's finally allowed to let her hair down a little.   And learns what that costs...