Perrin Pring

  Filion felt safe in his role as a Dream Searcher. He was paid to venture into other's dreams and exert influence over individuals whom he would never meet in the flesh. But that was until he received The Summoning. Filion has been called to track down and protect Ryo, the last of the Chozen. She is the only hope of preventing a tide of evil driven by the Afortiori and the prospect of universal slavery if they aren't stopped. Time is ticking and Filion has no idea of how to find Ryo let alone how to protect her, yet destinies of planets rest in her hands. Enlisting the help of a rag-tag band of mercenaries, Filion will set out to search the wastes for Ryo. Together they will confront an evil whose power they just might have fatally underestimated. The imagination, flare and sheer creative genius of this science fantasy epic forces you into worlds of glorious high adventure. From the scary and sexy android to talking books, mind altering evil and a savior who doesn't even know her own name you will never be disappointed 

  I was a natural flier, I could take a punch, and I was smarter than most. Within five years I was a full-fledged pilot. On my last assignment, I was Master Pilot Eri Everfar, commanding pilot of a class B Federal war ship, the Seeker, and that's where I met him, Drakier Lu... Filion and his new friends have escaped Bok and are stuck in an asteroid field that isn't supposed to exist. They've almost run out of fuel, their water supply is seriously depleted, all of their food has been destroyed, and the girl they'd just risked everything to save, Ryo, is dead. Captain Eri's former lover, Drakier Lu, has been promoted to Master Commander of the entire Federal Fleet, and his assignment is to find and capture the Dark Horse. Captain Eri has been identified as a Tiori, and she and her associates have just become the Federation's most wanted. Things aren't what they seem though, and the line between good and evil blurs as the players' true motivations come to light. Filion and the crew return, traveling the galaxy and dodging the Federation and the Tioris, all the while searching for a rogue planet that may or may not be harboring the one person who can save them all... 

  When I was on Lamu, I inhaled an Afortiori's vileness. That blackness will be what allows me to win. I will use their own evil against them. Because of this I am tainted. I am but a degree different from what I fight, but in that degree, hangs the balance between universal slavery and Free Will. Having fled from Lamu only moments before its destruction, Filion and his friends find themselves hiding in the shadows as the Federation and the Afortiori mobilize against their worst enemy, The Etulosba and its crew. The Etulosba, Ryo, plans for her final battle. She was engineered to fight for Free Will, but to win that war, she will have to become what no Chozen was meant to be - an Afortiori. Caught in Ryo's wake, Captain Eri is torn between leading her crew and confronting Drakier Lu, her former lover and torturer. Will she be able to overcome what he did to her, or will she fail, thereby becoming what he made her and letting down Ryo, her crew, and ultimately, the universe? Filion and the crew return in the final installment of The Ryo Myths. Join them as they begin a journey that not all of them will survive. 

  Having spent years in Yosemite National Park, Parn came to a simple realization - not all of Yosemite's visitors are happy. Many visit during a time of personal crisis. From this, If Granite Could Speak was born. A collection of short stories, If Granite Could Speak chronicles the way people unravel the complexities of their lives while making a connection with public land. Follow a washed up base jumper, a newly divorced daughter, a budding influencer family, and more as they attempt to find themselves, and a parking spot, in their brief but impactful time in Yosemite National Park.