A Journey of a Thousand Steps

Naya had the perfect life. Co-owner of a fast growing security software company, she ran marathons in her spare time. Suddenly everything changed when she developed multiple sclerosis, and now she can barely climb a flight of stairs. Hiding at home, her computer the only contact with the outside world, she reconnects with her childhood best friend. But when her friend disappears and the police dismiss her concerns, Naya leaves the safety of her home to find her. She ignores her physical limitations to follow a convoluted trail from high tech suspects to drug dealers, all while becoming an irritant to the police.

Madona Skaff-Koren was a research technologist and now writes full time. She’s published several science-fiction and mystery short stories. One of her two recent stories, which appear in ＂The Whole She-Bang 2＂, a Toronto Sisters in Crime anthology, was a Finalist in the Arthur Ellis award for excellence in Canadian crime writing. She lives in Ottawa, Canada. Her dog’s contribution to writing involves warming her feet. A Journey of a Thousand Steps is her debut novel.