Prospero's Staff

Whatever became of Prosperos enchanted staff after he snapped it in two and buried it certain fathoms in the earth in Shakespeares play The Tempest?It was only a prop in a play after all so why was the staff now appearing to Martin Ropers? Martin had returned to a Greek island trying to rekindle the spark that led to his highly successful first novel written in the 70s but shortly into his trip hed discovered the ancient staff and immediately lapsed into a coma. He would soon awaken to the persistent image in only one eye of a desolate island-where he grasps the staff.Back home in Montana Martins situation takes a Shakespearean turn when hes stranded in his house with neighbors seeking shelter from a mysterious wildfire that has erupted on the ridge just above them. His troubles deepen when he must contend with a painful life-threatening condition within his brain and to make matters worse his literary agent and close friend has announced that shes cutting her ties with him. Martin needs just one more successful book to turn his life around but his damaged brain-and the staff-seem to have other plans.