A secret extraterrestrial message spurs a desperate flight to safety and a surreal quest after Ezra Pound's fabled book, The Illuminati.

Evoking the Maginot Line of World War II and the essays of celebrated poet Ezra Pound decrying the abuses of central banking, Salven interweaves history and conspiracy theory with a riveting sense of mounting nameless dread.

Ed Salven was born in Hollywood, California. He is the author of The Soldier Factory, a moving collection of episodes and meditations on being a part of the US military machine at the height of the Vietnam War. He resides in Malibu.