About the Author
Under duress, Clea Saal has confessed to being born on this planet ... however she insists that she is not certain whether or not that would have been her first choice. She was born at an early age somewhere in the Southern Hemisphere, although she was dragged to the other side of the equator by her parents when she was only a few years old. She endured twelve years of basic education (or rather thirteen, as she did flunk once) and then by reason of tradition, masochism or insanity, she went on to devote several more years of her life toward obtaining a degree in English Literature. The day she finally graduated was loudly celebrated ... by her teachers.
