Throughout a business career that spanned more than 44 years, David Sage had a passion for telling his original stories. It didn't matter whether it was the classroom or the living room, any willing audience would do. Whether the audience suggested the topic of a greedy dinosaur or a vicious Nile crocodile, mist blown by an electric fan, or even a tennis shoe, a captivating tale was created on the spot for them.In 2011 David began to convert one of his longer stories to writing. The result was a five-book historical-fiction series, The Heirs of the Medallion: the narrative of an ancient Inca heirloom.Sold into Shackles was his next publication: Christian historical fiction about Irish siblings sold into North African slavery. The Sultan's Snare continues the family's adventures.Mr. Sage makes his home in Story, Wyoming, not far from the ranch where he grew up.