This is the third semi-historic novel by F.V. Edwards in the last two years. His published short stories tend toward sci-fi and fantasy. He is known as Floyd Edwards in the medical device and electronic industries as a technical author, speaker and inventor (19 utility patents since 1976 with foreign equivalents). A person of inveterate curiosity, he has pursued many interests which are reflected in the subjects and characters of his novels. Active business and military travel has taken him to all 50 states and several countries and provided a massive pile of information to be tapped for new novels in the near and distant future.