SOCOBY is a symbolic, cautionary tale about good versus evil, but the story and its associated illustrations also guide the reader to realize that there is an ultimate decision all of us on planet earth must make. What is that fundamental decision? Explore SOCOBY to find the answer.

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SOCOBY is a representation of each and every one of us as we travel through life's journey, and the recognition that an ultimate decision will eventually be our choice alone.  The illustrations truly compliment the SOCOBY story, helping bring to life the struggle each of us faces, especially when it comes to finding the truth.  Is truth a feeling, a virtue, a belief system, worldview, or is it something much deeper and richer that is accessible to all?  Allow the characters that SOCOBY encounters help answer the question that hopefully we all want to find.

Iowa native James W. "Bill" O'Clock was raised in South Dakota. Though his professional career spanned over 40 years in disciplines such as engineering, management and bioethics, Mr. O'Clock continued to enjoy many other activities including writing poetry. The author's interest in poetry first started when he was in college, and continued to grow as writers such as C.S. Lewis inspired him to use his poems to convey symbolic values and ideas. Now retired, Bill O'Clock is rewriting some of the poems he penned almost 50 years ago, and SOCOBY is the first. SOCOBY is ripe with possibilities for all of his creative writing imagination; to see it come to life with vivid and stunning illustrations is a dream come true. Even more satisfying is that SOCOBY is a family collaboration, since the illustrator of the book happens to be his younger son, Peter and the editing done by his wife Pirkko.