In his first full-length novel, Sacramento-based author TOMMY J. LINTNER takes us on a journey to eighteenth century Germany. A young boy named Heinrich Mueller encounters a band of Gypsies. A fortuneteller sees rare gifts in the boy and predicts he will become famous. The boy's father handcrafts a beautiful mirror. Heinrich uses the mirror to conjure up images. His feats of magic and legerdemain gain him popularity not only in his own village, but soon throughout the European continent. Fast-forward to modern-day San Francisco where a frustrated executive, a descendant of Heinrich's, decides to leave the city and move to a small town in Northern California. Opening an antique furniture shop, he makes friends easily in his new locale. One day, a package arrives which contains the priceless mirror that Heinrich's father made several centuries earlier. His descendant hangs it on the wall of the shop for display purposes only. Little does he realize that the mirror will soon take on a life of its own. The results are harrowing, even cataclysmic Join John, Julia, Dexter, Genevieve, Professor Jamieson, Tom, Nick, Betty and many more zany characters as everyone finds out that if there's anything you want or need to know, just "look at the mirror "