Book #1 of The Fall Gauntlet series
Benji and Soren will do anything to save their family, but the Crown isn’t going to make it easy . . .
Hailing from the cornfields of Walkersville, Maryland, Job Merkel grew up on a farm with his four brothers and four sisters. They spent their time playing together, running around with no shoes, and doing chores.
Job would often escape to fictional worlds in his mind, wishing for powers that would take him away from his ordinary existence.
Unfortunately, he never got those powers, but some of his characters did . . .
An. Escape.
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Series 1
The Fall Gauntlet
Benji Calyx is so close to saving his mother from her off-world prison when he steps onto the Fall Gauntlet arena for the finals. Victory means his wish—to save his mother—will be granted, but not all is as it seems. The Deus are angry, the Crown is scheming, and Benji’s final opponent, the bear, is Benji’s estranged younger brother, Soren.
Things just got a lot more complicated.
Series 2
Slightly Different
On the weird world of Ranisla, only select genes have survived. A certain Earth-borne gene has long since died out. Or has it? Ana and her one-wife, Scarza, are in for a wild ride when they discover their daughter Lillee’s dangerous proclivities.
Series 3
SoulSignature
A series of stories chronicling the tales of Dominic and his lover, Aaki. Android and Realbody peace treaties, body-jumping to available units, and a race to secure the SoulSignature technology before it falls into the wrong hands. What could go wrong?
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