. >>> we want to welcome back an old friend now to wusa9, david balance dampically is an international -- baldacci is a best selling author and now a local author. his new novel is called "definature." whether i say old friend, the first time you came was 1996, '97, for the first book "absolute power." >> the years have gone by really, really quickly. they've piled up. >> i totaled up at least 28 adult books, three children books and now this adding on to that. when do you have time to write all of these books? >> i love it. that's the bottom line. when i finish a book, i don't want to take time off. i want to jump into the next one. if i'm not writing, i'm not comfortable. it's part of my life. >> jumping in seems like with two feet, one in one genre and the other in the other. this is fantasy, miss cal -- mystical. what is it about. >> a 14-year-old girl lives in a village and around the coming is -- quog. it's dangerous. nobody comes because there's nothing beyond there. until she finds out maybe there's something in there and beyond. she pieces together mysteries and goes on a ques