The Pulitzer Prize-winning poet moves back and forth over several centuries telling the stories of the rural corner of northern Virginia that used to be his home.

Do you remember LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE and THE WALTONS? Then, this book is for you. It is about "old times" in the South. Listen to some newspaper reviewer comments. "Greens book is a MUST READ for anyone interested in the way things were and for anyone interested in reading a good story...From the first page to the last page, you will be hard pressed to put it down." - Stephen H. Smith, "The Soperton News." "These are 149 pages of heartwarming and heart-rending happenings of his family and friends over the years. Read the book. It is an inspiration." - Dr. Kemp Mabry, "The Statesboro Herald."

Travelling alone in the depths of winter, Morlock Ambrosius (bitterly dry drunk, master of all magical makers, wandering swordsman, and son of Merlin Ambrosius and Nimue Viviana) is attacked by an unknown enemy. To unmask his enemy and end the attacks he must travel a long crooked way through the world: past the soul-eating Boneless One, past a subtle and treacherous master of golems, past the dragon-taming Khroi, past the predatory cities of Sarkunden and Aflraun, past the demons and dark gnomes of the northern woods. Soon he will find that his enemy wears a familiar face, and that the duel he has stumbled into will threaten more lives than his own, leaving nations shattered in its chaotic wake. And at the end of his long road waits the death of a legend.

The "headright" system, widely used for acquiring land in Virginia was never recognized in Virginia's Northern Neck. People wanting to acquire land there had to purchase a warrant and obtain a survey before they were issued a grant. The original Grant Books, now on microfilm, were used in making this collection of abstracts, and they generally provide the following information on some 5,000 Northern Neck residents: the name of the grantee, dates of warrant and survey, date and location of grant, amount of acreage, names of former owners/occupiers, names of adjacent property owners, and often the names of heirs and other family members.