The author, Ed Adams, was born, raised and educated in London but has travelled widely and to areas causing some of his friends to suspect him of a double life. Of course, that would be oversimplification. His time in Europe, Middle East, Africa, Russia and North America influences his story-telling and his novel-writing developed as part of a NaNoWriMo project, for which he has been a winner a couple of times. Still ostensibly based in London, Ed has a good selection of backpacks and rugged ballistic nylon luggage with large wheels.