Passing Through a Prairie Country - Dennis E. Staples Chris Van Allsburg “A girl comes of age

“A girl comes of age against the knife

Haggerty needs their help

the lines between fiction and reality begin to blur

I collect their daughter from school

So much hangs in the balance and we can’t risk the arrival of two naïve princesses destroying everything we worked so hard for

Passing Through a Prairie Country - Dennis E. Staples Chris Van Allsburg “A girl comes of ageA darkly humorous thriller about the ghosts that haunt the temples of sin and excess we call casino, and people who get caught up in a web resting on high stakes and low odds Fleeing a recent breakup, Marion Lafournier, a mid 20s Ojibwe, seeks solace in the dim halls of the Hidden Atlantis Lake Resort & Casino, the reservations main tourist attraction and source of revenue, where once again he finds himself at a crossroads between worlds and spirits.