DAVID KUKLIS love of science fiction and fantasy began at an early age, when he and his brother, inspired by the game Dungeons and DragonsTM, staged similar games in their backyard and nearby woods. His uncle, a marine paralyzed from the neck down in Vietnam, usually ran the indoor games around the table, and his father was the inspiration for Twiggy, a major character in this book.  Kuklis is a graduate of the University of Pittsburgh with a degree in Mathematics and is now working as the CFO for Wellington Strategies.