After spending many years working in the field if film and tv animation I decided to lay down the 2b pencil and start typing. The frustrated story teller within me could be restrained no longer. My initial plan was to write a short simple novella however I was not aware when I set out on my quest that my inner story teller was a demanding old taskmaster that insisted on a broad canvas populated by an army of equally broad and somewhat eccentric characters. My novella turned into a 720 page novel punctuated with humor, pathos and adventure. I thought this would satisfy my inner taskmaster but alas he has only awoken an inner Spartan.