But Danny Ainge had signed to play professional baseball. It had been a mistake, and he knew it. When Orson Scott Card met him, the Celtics and Bluejays were haggling over the price of Danny's future. However they juggled the money, Card soon realized, the real transaction was not about money at all. What it was about is the story of Ainge, the biography of a remarkable athlete, the man and his family, the church, and the games that shaped his life.

Orson Scott Card is author of sixteen novels, eleven of which were published by Tor (New York). He is the recipient of two Hugo awards and two Nebula awards and has published short fiction in numerous anthologies, including Bright Angels & Familiars: Contemporary Mormon Stories and Washed by a Wave of Wind: Science Fiction from the Corridor. In 1987, he won the World Fantasy Award for best novella and has also edited three anthologies of short fiction. Along with Ainge, Card has written three other nonfiction works, including Saintspeak: The Mormon Dictionary (with Calvin Grondahl). He writes a monthly review of books for Fantasy and Science Fiction and holds a B.A. in theater from Brigham Young University and an M.A. in English from University of Utah. He lives in Greensboro, North Carolina.