Angela meets a new friend in just about the worst way possible, but it leads to forming an actual team, and the end of Angela's "lone wolf" days. While on one of her walks in the woods, Angela encounters a group of Summoned who are acting suspicious. Her curiosity leads to violence, but also to making a new friend, Pixie. Through Pixie, Angela makes more friends and forms a 5-person adventuring party, though one of the members is a bit off, even by Angela's standards.
William Spillman has been winning writing contests and reading history, fantasy, and sci-fi books since he was in elementary school. His biggest influences are David Drake and Lois McMaster Bujold. He also loves the non-fiction works of Bill Bryson and Larry Gonick, as well as various works of Rudyard Kipling.
William is 38 years old and lives in New Mexico, U.S.A. with his wife and son.