Today, the world learned that Sir Patrick Stewart, the legendary actor who became Captain Jean-Luc Picard to generations of Star Trek fans and Professor Charles Xavier to generations of X-Men fans, has died at age 86.

In S.O.L.A.D.™: Soldiers of Light Against Darkness™: The Angelo™ & Angeline™ Chronicles. Angelo™, Angeline™, Jeff and Wiseman J repeatedly step into dangerous situations because somebody needs help. The people being rescued may see the hero arrive, the enemy defeated or the danger disappear, but they do not always see the wounds, fear, exhaustion, loss and difficult decisions that made the rescue possible.

Too often in fiction, somebody dies, the surviving characters cry, attend a funeral, make a passionate speech—and three chapters later everyone behaves almost exactly as they did before the loss. The story acknowledges death, but it never truly acknowledges grief.