The Transition A Novel of Promise, Pitfalls, Perseverance, and Passion

The Transition reads like a journey of a young man toward his academicand career goals. In many ways, the journey can be characterizedas semiautobiographical. Several aspects of the childhood toadolescence to adulthood saga may be fictional. However, manyaspects of the journey are factual and historical. Intertwined betweenthe storylines is an evolving collage of early protest scenarios andromantic experiences framed in poetic style. In many ways, thecollection represents an autobiographical sketch in romance. It beginsby providing snapshots of the author's early relationships and evolvesto romantic accounts experienced in adulthood.The Transition features thirteen premium royalty-free images.The Transition has a traditional table of contents, a second one,titled "Musical Inspiration" (which includes QR Codes), and a third,titled "Photographic Images." The thirteen images are presented atthe beginning and end of each of the six chapters. Including thecover, thirteen images were selected from Getty Images and iStockphotographic resources on the www.istockphoto.com website.In the short run, the author envisions that the collection will bemade available in electronic, paperback, hardcover, and audiobookforms. In the long run, the author anticipates that it might be possibleto package the saga into a Hollywood movie production.