Book excerpt: This is the second book in a series as of yet an undetermined number of books. At the moment, there are five books. The first is published, this is the second, while three thru five are in draft form, and the next work in notes. It is a saga of one named Burrwood and his struggle to learn who he is and, at the same time, to survive in a beautiful yet brutal world. In simple terms, the author, having created a world with maps of places he would like to visit, uses the books as a kind of a travel log. Though at the same time the author is exploring the question: Do great heroes make great events, or do great events make great heroes?