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An adventuresome, ethereal being (Link) discovers Earth and the concept of the physical during his explorations of other worlds from his non-physical realm, Altura. Link gets fascinated with Earth and makes regular visits to this planet. But because he is formless, he can observe but cannot truly experience what it is to be physical. He wants to have this experience. That desire grows, and eventually he chooses to trade his non-physical state to become human. He enters the physical under a tree on Earth where he slowly discovers his newly emerging condition. Dax, a curious, lovable 12 year old boy, and the village favorite, comes upon Link (the new human) naked, in a state of self-discovery as he is in the process of learning to move his limbs. The first of many conversations unfolds in which Dax, along with the reader, gets acquainted with Link’s non-ph ysical world that is our true home. Through Dax and his grandmother, Link is introduced to the village, and there he begins his journey of understanding the complicated nuances of the human condition, while attempting to create a link to and remembrance of that other world that we have long left behind.

Lucella Campbell is a native of St Lucia, in the Caribbean who also lived in Jamaica for many years. She is the mother of three. She was a radio broadcaster in her earlier years. Lucella migrated to the US in 1988 to take up a position with an international organization in the development field. Of all the rich experiences that have helped shape her life, the ones that she cherishes the most are her post-earthquake rebuilding work in Haiti, which provided deep insights into the light and dark of human nature, and also her founding of a Caribbean wide youth leadership organization - the Youth Advocacy Movement (YAM) which has been in existence since 1993. Her pride in the organization and all those who have kept it alive is best captured in the gratitude of a young man in Belize who tearfully indicated that "If it were not for the YAM, I would have been in jail like so many of my friends but here I am helping other young people because of YAM." Lucella has always been fascinated by the possibilities of uncovering the layers beneath seeming reality. It is no wonder then, that this novel Link, came through her.