In appreciation of the Netherlands honoring my Uncle Walter for giving his life in the cause of freedom during WWII in Nijmegen, I presented my AMSTERDAM ASCENDANT novel to the Netherlands Defense Attache, Rear Admiral Sebo Hofkamp, in appreciation of the Netherlands own struggle for freedom. My novel chronicles the early years of their Eighty Years War (1568-1648) against Spanish rule. The admiral and other embassy staff said they looked forward to reading it.