Book excerpt: Ferdinand takes the Corkscrew Rail after work one night to meet a few friends at the Jalapeño Lounge in Rockville, where Constant Love is performing. What begins as an innocent night of smoking crackle and enjoying caramel balls at the bar ends in Ferdinand finding himself submerged in a world of violence, hypocrisy, and ever-increasing bureaucracy. He snaps and propels himself into action to win the heart of Constant Love and escape the never-ending purported progress of society for the accommodation of all at the expense of everyone. Ferdinand begins a personal metamorphosis and launches a daring escape to flee Rockville for the beautiful wilderness he has envisioned beyond the edge of the maps and city walls: a place called Bonvoyage.