Enif

Enif is a story about Jerry, who worries about the tremendous debt he has taken on after buying an existing geology business. He is madly in love with his college-sweetheart-turned-fianc e Mandy Miller but is concerned about his ability to provide for her. Jerry hopes to find a rare and exotic discovery that would place his name among the greats when he discovers a hidden cave in the Chiricahua Mountains of Southern Arizona. Once inside, he becomes trapped and embarks on a dangerous journey through seven subterranean passages. When he finds life-changing fruit and water underground, he quickly realizes these are not normal caverns. He discovers the fruit imparts the knowledge of the universe and confers the ability to defy gravity, create reality from illusions, and most of all, extends life for hundreds of years, free of pain and suffering. He meets Andramada, Overseer of Illusions of the mysterious caverns. She gives him an enchanted staff harnessing him with a magical power to defend and attack the cavern's legendary creatures. She taints his water with a potent amnesiac, which erases his memory of Mandy and induces him to fall in love with her. He alone must forge a path to a portal in the seventh chamber that will transport him to the star Enif where he will begin a life of adventure. At the portal, the most vicious creature of all, Totenkop, captures him. An epic battle ensues that will determine his destiny, one that may include his forgotten love, Mandy.