Paige is in Carter City, Junius's idyllic home. Life seems to be perfect until Paige uncovers a darker side to the peaceful paradise. Before she can confront Junius about it, they're whisked away on a secret mission to infiltrate the Crime Lords. After a dangerous and grueling training period, Paige and Junius plunge into the strange, ruined world of Sin City and the Crime Lords, whose lives are defined by death defying feats and undying loyalty in battle. They meet Antoine, the charismatic but dangerous leader of the Snakes, who draws them into the wild and crazy Sin City lifestyle, and...

"I don't know how old I am. We don't need to know. But I know I'm at least nineteen. I'll be nineteen forever. My name, Paige, means youthful assistant. All of us Forevers have names that mean young or youthful and we wear a tattoo of two golden apples on our left wrist that shows we belong to IDunaCorp. I want to know more. I want to know why I'm here and what's out there beyond the compound. But they tell us it's dangerous outside. Because everyone wants what we have and they'll tear us apart to get it." Paige is a forever, genetically altered to stay nineteen forever and live in the secret...

This volume of poetry covers almost everything a mind could consider in a kind and thoughtful way, including relationships between father and daughter, relationships between man and woman, politics, dogs, forgetfulness, seasons, water, sky, hangovers, weather, mountains, and human communication. After decades in the construction business, Laemmel turns his attention to poetry, prose and oil painting, shuffling through volumes n of poetry he has written over the years and sharing selections with his readers.