For more years than he cares to recall, R.V. Johnson has wanted to write a good story--an epic tale chock full of wonder and imagination on a rich, planetary scale. He's wanted to show a fantastical adventure where the characters come as alive as the new world they travel through, one that he couldn't read fast enough to sate his hunger to discover what happens next, like he used to read. And he wants it for everyone. He hopes he has succeeded. R.V. Johnson's "Beyond the Sapphire Gate" is a grand, epic fantasy with science fiction roots where two sisters and their father struggle with life's h...