When a boy's family is killed, and his home destroyed by marauders, he begins a journey with a traveling old man.
As time and distance takes him further from his home, the boy strives to learn everything he can from the old man before he dies.
What will he do if the old man dies, despite his best efforts?
Bruce Golden has sold more than a hundred short stories published across a score of countries and three dozen anthologies. His recent novella, Monster Town, a satirical take on the world of the hard-boiled detective — one populated by the monsters of old black and white horror movies — is in development as a television series.