"Michael Essington is a gifted writer. This book is a page-turner, and you won't want to put it down."--James Frey, KaterinaStories rising from and returning to Essington's personal experiences reflect people, objects, places, and events of the external world, and reflects on them, on their way out and back.With all of Essington's trademark humor and gritty, dark honesty, this 2013 follow-up to Last One To Die is an uncompromising account of life on the edge.About the Author: Michael Essington is an American author and poet, most famous for his Mike Check column. Over the years Essington has done dozens of celebrity interviews, as well as hundreds of music reviews. The weekly Mike Check column, which appears on Strange Reaction, has also been printed in The Los Angeles Beat and the very popular Deep Red Magazine. Essington's column is read weekly by thousands of fans from Los Angeles to Denmark. Essington has been writing since his high school days. He is married to wife, Elizabeth, and has two children, daughter, Breana & son Lucas. And has a dog, Max, that Essington suspects may have a learning disability or a general lack of life goals.