'There were three things that took my attention before I had even cracked this book, as I held it in my hand and turned it this way and that. Firstly, there was no author name or title on the frontispiece. Unusual. Even rare. Instead, a cool, glimmering art work (oil on canvas) of a snail shell by the visual artist Phil Day, that extends onto the back cover. Or is it a snail shell? The title Her No. 2, 2023 gives no clue. I do not know what this enigmatic shape may contain.' (Introduction)