Serialization: Prologue - Hawkins County

How many roads must a man walk down
Before you call him a man?
Yes, 'n how many seas must a white dove sail
Before she sleeps in the sand?
Yes, 'n how many times must the cannon balls fly
Before they're forever banned?
The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind
The answer is blowin' in the wind.

   Jack Johnson did not hear Blowin' in the Wind, the Bob Dylan tune, playing on the radio. After all, it was only ten o'clock on Saturday morning so he was still in bed at his folk's place, comfortably enjoying the sleep of the innocent. He didn't plan to get up until noon anyway, since he and Fletch felt obligated to spend the better part of last night hitting the bars to celebrate sliding through his final quarter at the university. Maybe it was best he did not hear the song because it would disturb him if he knew how prophetic it was, how the lyrics applied not only to his life, but also to the lives of his friends and to people he had yet to meet. Although he didn't know it, Jack Johnson was about to enter a world that had more questions than answers, and discover what few answers did exist remained elusive, as if they were blowin' in the wind...

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