New York: TOR / Tom Doherty Associates, (2000) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Florida author's first novel -a story of love, trust and transition - "Mercury Gant climbs aboard his motorcycle and leaves behind his entire life. . . Umberto Santana walks out of a bank with $314,000 in stolen cash. At 17, he is still only a boy. . . , Graciela, beautiful, strong-willed and independent, is carrying Umberto's baby . . . Traveling the same route unknowingly, Gant and Umberto cross paths while flying without wings in the middle of a tornado." SIGNED on the title page. Dust jacket praise from Neil Simon and Jack Parr, among others. 269 pp. ISBN: 0-312-874553.