Chris Brown has composed this allegorical adventure from his experience of working for the rail industry in the UK. He was rail research and innovation manager at the UK government's Department for Transport for nine years. This is his debut novel.

This book illustrates key attributes of professional learning networks that build educators' ownership, practice, and expertise and highlights the potential of PLNs to address questions of equity, both for educators working in rural communities who have limited access to professional development and diverse learners and equity-seeking communities.