A disparate group of travellers is thrown together in the Caucasus Mountains. Each has a quest and peering into ones own heart may be the most challenging prospect.
Richard Cumyn was born in Ottawa and has degrees in English and education from Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario. He is the fiction editor for The Antigonish Review and has published four collections of short fiction: The Limit of Delta Y over Delta X (Goose Lane), I Am Not Most Places (Beach Holme), Viking Brides (Oberon), and The Obstacle Course (Oberon). Viking Brides was shortlisted for a ReLit Award in 2002. Cumyn's short stories have appeared in many Canadian literary publications, including The Journey Prize Anthology He lives in Halifax, Nova Scotia.