Originally, this was a short story that I submitted for the 2021 Christmas season.
My mind wouldn't leave it alone. So I ended up expand that short story which then became the prologue to a larger story. It is now 14 chapters plus that expanded prologue and a very short epilogue.
In writing this story, I found that I couldn't get all that I wanted to write about in one novel. As it stands, it is about 86,000 words and is the first book of the complete story.
I hope everyone enjoys it.