In this satirical novel by L.E. Vega, Prasea, one of the Treading Islands, suddenly earns the title of The Entitlement Paradise. Elbita Cerrillos is filled with towering frustration upon missing the plane to the United States mainland on Entitlement Day, commonly referred to as E.D., and one of the most significant days in the history of the United States. On E.D., all airports in and outside the U.S. are jammed. Once the word gets out that Prasea is the "Island of Entitlement," where entitlement works so well, there is only one politically correct destination left to fly to: Prasea. Along with the newcomers from the contiguous United States, who eventually wondered if they got what they bargained for on Entitlement Day, Elbita learns to fasten herself like a pearl in its oyster. Elbita, a native of La Perla, along with many Americans, survives the lessons of adapting both to the unknown, and to the neglect indicative of living in a politically lost world. La Perla's hamlet surfaces as the main protagonist in the novel, the center from which Praseans, gypsy dwellers, American novitiates from all walks of life, gargoyles nestled in La Perla's catacombs, and prehistoric creatures, all learn to somehow come together, making not the start they had in mind, granted one heck of an earnest takeoff.