<p>A SEATTLE NATIVE, AJAX BELL thinks the best things in life are loud music and bourbon. No matter the task, Ajax always has the right pair of shoes for it. Never a sea captain, but a background in library sciences and a lifetime of pencil pushing together left Ajax with a rich fantasy life and a compulsive need to write it down. One day, Ajax hopes to own a genetically altered hippopotamus the size of a small dog.</p>
