A man stood in the open doorway. Probably in his forties, clean-shaven, with thick sandy hair swept off his face in a wave. He wore a white linen suit over a collarless butter-yellow shirt, paired with an expression of benevolent concern. He looked immaculate and kindly.
In Lonely Satellite, Pastor Kyle is the spiritual leader and founder of the Church of the Scorched Earth, which is located in a former subterranean government communications facility in the Nevada desert, about two hundred miles from Las Vegas. Pastor Kyle is married to Patricia. Pastor Kyle and his family used the facility as a bomb shelter during the 1984 global nuclear war.