I really like my characters in this book, and so this is like their birthday in a way … they’ve been around for three or four years in my head, and read and purchased and reviewed, but this is the day actual readers can choose to read about them. So welcome brave and solid Chelo who wants to do everything right and make everyone happy, but who most of all loves and cherishes her people. Welcome dangerously capable Joseph who is about to have his head and heart broken. Welcome Akashi the storyteller and Jenna the damaged….