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This second installment of The Asgard Trilogy begins with Rousseau 's plans to return home to Earth , but fate interferes with his ambitions for a leisurely retirement . He is also Chairman of the Maryland Animal Disaster Planning Advisory Committee and is a veterinary consultant to the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory Animal Biosurveillance Project . The key change in benefits for the upcoming year is a new insurance provider for the PPO and HMO medical plans .