[Spectre-7]

Thank you so much for the comment, basis! I really appreciate it, and I'm sorry it's taken so long for me reply. I simply don't stop by here as often as I should.

It's also absolutely okay to ask questions. Unfortunately, some of your questions cut directly to central mysteries in the story, so I won't be able to answer everything. I'll do my best to answer what I can, though.

Spoiler:

1. You've got that absolutely correct. The Oikeyans are refugees from a Nefrem attack.
2. The only people who know what happened are Jack, the Bravos, and Kai, and for one reason or another, Donovan hasn't found any of them yet.
3. A good question, and one which I hope to answer fully in the next book. I can tell you right now that the events at the end of Stars Rain Down will have a bit of a ripple effect on the Oikeyan colonies in Africa and South America, and the resulting political dissent will be a large part of the story going forward.
4. You'll have to wait to find out.
5. That could possibly be a fair conclusion to draw.
6. Another bit of information that's not ready for daylight yet.

Overall, one of my goals was to write a story with a somewhat naturalistic approach to mysteries, in which a number of details remain hidden and no single character has the entire picture. While I think I was somewhat successful at this, the side-effect is that a high proportion of readers are hitting the end and scratching their heads.

There are ways to frame a mystery so that the reader is at least aware of what they aren't supposed to know (known unknowns, so to speak), and that's something I need to work on. This was my first novel, and I hope to do a better of job of that in the future.

Anyway, thank you so much for your interest, and I hope this helped clear things up. Cheers!