Falling Upwards

NEVA JONES IS ON A QUEST

But she''s not quite sure what she''s questing for. A crow told her to take off all the iron she was wearing, a stag told her to get a lock of pale hair and a lock of dark, and an owl told her to jump into a lake.

Neva is a businesswoman in the New South, not a character in some fairy tale -- but she''ll take on this quest if it means no longer feeling like she''s going insa...