A story rarely begins where you think it does. When I first wrote Five Miles from Hope, I thought I was telling a self-contained story about a journey. It was about a man and a woman, a perilous trail, and that final, desperate push toward a place that promised a
Every story begins with a question. For The Doctor's Ledger, the question that sparked the entire narrative was this: Can a good man be built on a lie?
Before the characters, before the plot, before the world of Hope even had a name, I had this phrase lodged in my mind: Five Miles from Hope. It wouldn’t let go. It felt whimsical, but it also felt profound. It perfectly captured the feeling of being so close to