James Hull is a retired business consultant who has a bachelors and masters degree from Pepperdine University. He has published two non-fiction books on crisis leadership and business value development . This is his first novel and the first collaboration with his co-author Dennis Chargin whose original idea brought forth this work.. Dennis Chargin attended college at Santa Clara University and Stanford. He is now retired from a career in Architecture and Real Estate development and splits his time between Northern and Southern California. The idea for this book has been on his mind for some time. He and his coauthor have enjoyed the collaboration over several years in its development. This is his first novel.