Goodreads asked Zachary McClellan:

Where did you get the idea for your most recent book?

Zachary McClellan One night I had a dream. It had nothing to do with my book, but it was one of those dreams that stuck with me, even after I woke up. It took me a minute to suss out reality and dream, and for the rest of the day my mind kept returning to the dream. I think we are all familiar with that sensation. Whether a nightmare or glorious dream, we have all been caught in that haze between the world around us and the world imagined. We have all had dreams that have somehow managed to climb out of our subconscious and dance around in our consciousness. That happened to me one night, and that is what got the ball rolling for chapter one of my book, and the rest just kind of fell into place.

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