Ruth Sims

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=95 BGCOLOR="#111111" TEXT="#F7F7FF" bgproperties="fixed" background="044005f0dyxtip.gif"> <div> <B>Ruth Sims</B></div> <bR> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=190 BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>In a gallery he had seen a painting of a legendary bird rising on wings of red-and-gold flames from the ashes of its own self. “It's called the Phoenix,” St. Denys had told him. “It carries within itself its own destruction....”    </B></div> <div> <B>“That's what I am,” he said aloud. “A phoenix.”    </B></div> <div> <B>--excerpt</B></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <I><B>The Phoenix,</B></I><B> a novel, is copyrighted in its entirety. No part of it or the excerpt may be copied or transmitted without permission of the author.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Cover art "Phoenix" was created and is copyrighted  2001 by C.D. Steele. It may not be copied, downloaded or transmitted apart from  the book, without permission from the artist.</B></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=385 BGCOLOR="#111111" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <div> <A HREF="id2.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Reviews"><U>Reviews</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id3.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Letters from Readers"><U>Letters from Readers</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id4.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Excerpt: Chapter One"><U>Excerpt: Chapter One</U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <I><IMG SRC="07126b40.jpg" border=0 width="294" height="436" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <I>cover art "Phoenix" (c)2001 C.D. Steele</I></div> <div> <I>cover design (c) 2002 Dale Walkey</I></div> <div> <I>dalzdezignz.com</I></div> </td> </tr></table></body>