Sometimes, something big comes along and takes our life by surpriseso it has been with Place of Sage. I can't take the credit for this story; so I'd like to tell you about the author who should.

He designed four-hundred-foot-high basalt walls to encompass the land called Place of Sage, and He flavored His setting with contrasts. For ruggedness, He gave it jagged rocks that change hues like a chameleon, deserted homesteads, bones bleached white in the sun, and tumbleweeds that bounce along the desert floor...»