In Tulalim and the Fatal Iris, author Forrest Russell creates a novel altogether enchanting as he offers an idyllic view from Mount Olympus and the perspective of a man who has taken every life lesson offered and truly lived. What begins as a historic description that places the Greek goddess Iris in the minds of readers transforms into a mercurial adventure in which two strangers lead a man to a fast moving train-and an inescapable adventure that becomes intertwined with Iris in all her glory. Life has been exceedingly kind to Tulalim, and on the eve of his retirement, he thinks he has it all figured out. He expects to continue living the good life until two boys, one flaxen-haired and one with pitch black locks, visit him in his courtyard at sunset and mystically steal him away to a place that feels oddly familiar, leading him to a woman who's been expecting him.