Passage to Cerro Alto is a fictional account of life on the Central California Coast in the latter part of the nineteenth century. San Luis Obispo local history blends with the mysticism and myth of the highland retreat at Cerro Alto to produce a unique tall tale. The rapid growth of the dairy industry in San Luis Obispo during the 1870s and the outlaw West, with its saloons and churches, exists alongside the magic of the Santa Lucia Mountains and Cerro Alto. The novel is about redemption, human destiny and faith. It is also a story of love. Ken Kenyon worked as the newsroom librarian at the San Luis Obispo Tribune, where he had the opportunity to do some writing. He was also a library assistant at the Robert E. Kennedy Library at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo for nearly twenty-five years. He earned his bachelor's and master's degrees in English at Cal Poly, and was on the editorial board of Moebius, a publication of the College of Liberal Arts. He has been a writer of short stories, novels and song lyrics for over forty years.