Buggy Crenshaw is back! Beginning exactly where The Bungler’s Paradox ended, The Deadwood Principle: Evolution is the first of two volumes that further document the adventures of 12-year-old Buggy Crenshaw, a self-proclaimed Warrior for the Greater Good of Mankind who regrettably often creates more problems than she solves. Based on a theory presented by two of Lloyd’s Hollow’s most revered scientists, Cedar and Cypress Deadwood, this epic offers proof that what the brothers claim—that if one of the five Gateways to the Nexus, or the point where Good and Evil meet, were somehow destroyed or set off limits (as in The Bungler’s Paradox), the universe would become unbalanced and cosmic chaos would result unless a particular Warrior who was born to save the world can stop it… While still reeling over her first encounter with Evil, Buggy is visited by the Rebel Phoenix Alabaster, an ancient and feeble creature whose cryptic message is only the beginning of one of her most harrowing adventures to date. With the help of her friends Sid Piccolo and Veronica Hamburg, Buggy deciphers the Phoenix’s message to mean she must now face an even more sinister and alarming enemy: the Evil Empress Eartha Naturalus, the second of five Dark Lords of the Underworld. Although the Empress is presently trapped in her prison behind the Dimensional Door, this Wicked Mother Nature is still somehow causing world-shattering earthquakes and the startling arrival of black and twisted trees that rocket from the earth’s core, destroying all that stand in their way. While the Empress’ Legions begin their violent takeover of our world, Buggy and her friends scramble for a way to put a stop to the chaos before it’s too late. Fueled by her unrivaled curiosity and admitted addiction to adventure, Buggy employs every bit of cleverness she has to save the world, but imagine her surprise when she learns that—according to the Deadwood brothers’ theory—she was the scoundrel who caused this second coming of Evil… The Deadwood Principle: Evolution is only the beginning, though. You won’t want to miss this adventure’s startling conclusion in the upcoming second volume Buggy Crenshaw and The Deadwood Principle: Revolution! But be forewarned: the Devil’s in the details… For more about Buggy and her adventures, please visit www.buggycrenshaw.com. R. M. Wilburn is a native of Indiana where she grew up, grew suspicious, and left for parts unknown. Her journeys led her around the world, educating her on the well-hidden possibilities that she chronicles in her writing. She now resides in the Pacific Northwest where she and Buggy conspire regularly to document all of Buggy's adventures.