Sunday Morning Giraffe

A Lombard Alchemist TaleAldo is a five-year-old who always gets his way. When he doesn't, bad things happen. So when he wakes up his father at 3AM on Sunday and demands a giraffe--in spite of the fact that giraffes do not live in the high desert in the middle of winter--his father grudgingly takes him on a giraffe-hunting safari.Unfortunately, his parents know nothing about the source of Aldo's will power, and would be shocked to discover that his chief ally is a demon-posessed rat with an agenda of its own involving a toy giraffe from a creepy little pawnshop way out on the edge of nowhere. WHILE STAR WARS and STAR TREK seeded J. Daniel Sawyer's passion for the unknown, his childhood in academia gave him a deep love of history and an obsession with how the future emerges from the past. This obsession led him through adventures in the film industry, the music industry, venture capital firms in the startup culture of Silicon Valley, and a career creating novels and audiobooks exploring the worlds that assemble themselves in his head. His travels with bohemians, burners, historians, theologians, and inventors led him eventually to a rural exile where he uses the quiet to write, walk on the beach, and manage a pair of production companies that bring innovative stories to the ears of audiences across the world.For stories, contact info, podcasts, and more, visit his home page at http://www.jdsawyer.net