Book 1 of the Kid Scorpion Trilogy told the story of Gus Bach taken from N.Y. at age three to Panama in 1907. His mother died when he was ten; he fared poorly in school; tried to runaway when 15; and dropped out of school at age 16 to sail the se...

'The reading of Lady Gemini, Book 1 , delighted me. Mr. Zidbeck uniquely and intimately morphs a young girl into a mature woman who faces and survives special challenges. Her progression from child to wife to mother tantalizes the reader by prese...