Rik Huhtanen is an Oregon estate planning attorney, musician, composer, writer and rancher. Before settling in Oregon with his wife, Karen in the 1980's he was an accountant and a college professor of business administration, including 7 years working onboard US Navy ships teaching college classes in accounting, economics, business administration, math and finance for Chapman College of Orange California. This is his first novel written alone. He has co-authored 5 comic and adventure novels with poet Andrew Levine under the pen name "Jug Brown."