Chapter 1

Somewhere near the precise moment that my Grandfather - Vernon Reno Kalispell was being severalized from most of his left hand digits,courtesy of a wayward though by no means malevolent sawblade. Komogwa - that undersea plutocrat of Makah lore emitted a subtle,yet deep sigh sending a single,nearly imperceptible glasslike bubble to rest gently and momentarily upon the waters off Shi Shi beach before bursting silently outward.