Adam DeSole-a recent arrival to Hell-is brimming with questions. If Satan hates God, why punish the sinners arriving in his kingdom? Wouldn't Lucifer celebrate the evil deeds of the damned? Adam is about to have his questions answered the hard way, but his role in the afterlife will astonish even the devil himself. Author's note: I consider myself agnostic, but fully embrace those who find solace in religion. This story is not meant to offend Christians or anyone else, it is simply an exploration of a topic I find interesting. NEW CHAPTERS ADDED THROUGHOUT THE MONTH OF OCTOBER.

The story of Job in rhyme.

In 1883, a thirteen-year-old boy discovers that God has left a weapon behind: Nehashtan, the Rod of God. It has raised the dead. It has called down storms. It has healed the broken and punished those who would misuse it. It has been passed down through the ages from Moses to Merlin, and now it has fallen into the hands of Gregory Mayhew's Uncle Anton, a former circus performer who has gone from stage magician to traveling miracle salesman. Mr. Miracle's Exodus is a 70,903-word weird-western novel: Death Valley Days meets The Twilight Zone, with the epic Western sweep of Lonesome Dove and the unsettling theological speculation of Michael Moorcock's Behold the Man. When Anton accepts a million-dollar contract to produce a river in Death Valley, thirteen-year-old Greg joins him along with his older brother, Brett, on an expedition across the American West. But the Rod is no ordinary instrument. It has a will of its own, and Greg gradually discovers that its history reaches back far beyond the American frontier to the prophets of the Bible and perhaps even further - Creation itself. The deeper Greg gets into the mystery, the more frightening the truth becomes. The Rod does not simply grant miracles. It judges the people who wield it. Told through the recollections of an elderly Gregory Mayhew in 1949, Mr. Miracle's Exodus is a story of faith, family, resurrection, and the dangerous consequences of putting the power of the divine into human hands.

From struggling art student to industry veteran, this story covers my adventures in the cartoon animation industry, with a focus on "the book" (the portfolio every artist builds to showcase their work and seek out their fortune - or lack thereof).