I don't know about you, but over the years I have read a lot of Armenian based oral epics, novels, and memoirs. All have been pretty much depressing with an occasional light of hope trying desperately to shine through. I got really tired of it and wanted to read something that would be uplifting, positive, hopeful. I know that a lot of bad things have happened to Armenians over the past millenium but why can't someone write a novel with a more positive outlook and outcome... So that's what did. Hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoyed writing it.