Author: Darren Simon

For some inexplicable reason, at the age of 52 I have decided to try my hand at golf. I have never really played golf—maybe the miniature kind now and then, and I think once like 15 years ago I might have played a round of actual golf really poorly. So believe me when I say, I suck at it. I’ve been hitting a local golf range for about two weekends now as I am in no way ready to actually play the game of golf. Still, I’ve been going on each weekend morning around 6:45 a.m. to hit a couple …

Where did you get the idea for this novel? You know, I wish I could remember. I just know that I wanted to write a story about a young man struggling to overcome a health-related issue and somehow rising above it to realize some kind of destiny. I didn’t set out to write a superhero origin story; the story just kind of evolved into that. Right now my writing is very much geared toward fantasy, and for now I need to follow that path, so even when I have an idea about overcoming a health issue, it blends with my …