Author of Science Fiction & Fantasy

This series is for those who enjoy hard-core, knock down drag out space battles with advanced weapons and cutting edge science. 

NOTE:  The Galactic Alliance books were the first books I wrote.  I have learned quite a bit about authoring a book since these were written.  The series is on it's fourth edition with corrections made to spelling and word usage.

Book one (Translight) begins in the not so distant future and ends a few decades later.  It tells the story of how humanity discovered the stardrive and nearly got itself wiped out because of it.

Book two (Chroniech) picks up the action a few decades later after humanity has learned how to cooperate with the other species in the galaxy.  A discovery in deep space sends the heavy cruiser Komodo Dragon off on a mission that will forever change the Alliance.

Book three (Honor Thy Enemy) takes place in the aftermath of the Chroniech war.  The Alliance thought the Chroniech problem had been resolved - they had other plans.  Using their advanced knowledge of transdimensional physics, the Chroniech return with a vengeance.

Galactic Alliance Technical Reference Manual - The Story Behind the Story is a FREE publication that documents the science of the Galactic Alliance and also my story as to how the series was written.  I periodically go through it and make changes to ensure it is up-to-date.  I've also included every drawing I did back in the 70's when I fancied myself as a science fiction artist.  It's fun reading.

Off Course is what many might consider as a typical science fiction novel.  It is unique for myself in that there are no space battles anywhere in the story.  It is an adventure novel about a frieghter captain who finds himself a long way from home and is forced to rely upon the good graces of an alien race to help him repair his ship so his crew can get back to Earth.  The twist is that the captain is arachnophobic and the aliens just happen to resemble large spiders.  The story was inspired by a coworker of mine who is very arachnophobic.  He declined to have his name associated with the book so I used the names of my best friend from high school and his wife.  They thought having their names in a story was a wonderful idea.  I had fun writing it.

There is a story behind the cover as well.  I had asked my sister to create a possible cover.  I also asked Heather Zak to build one as well.  My sister worked with me to create the alien as I saw them in my mind's eye.  Heather built several possible covers which, at first, were my favorites.  My sister's looked too much like a children's book cover because of all the light colors.  Although Heather's were more sci-fi'ish, I really wanted to have the aliens she drew on the cover.  I tried but failed to merge Heather's work with my sisters.  In the end, I used Photoshop to alter my sister's picture as well as to darken the colors.  The end result is what you see on the covery today.  My thanks go out to Heather for her work.

Speaking of the Zak's - their son Erik is a veritable genious as creating computer-generated art.  I plan on having him do my next book cover.

Dragonverse is my solution to the repetitious series of fantasy books involving dragons that always seem to take place in a medieval setting.  If you love dragons then this story will make you believe in their existence. 

Dragonverse: The Adventure Begins starts the series off by showing how Terry Cashington learned to believe in dragons and how it changed his life forever.

Dragonverse 2: Ishnef's Revenge continues the story.

I have been asked by many if there will be a third or more in the series.  I hope so!  Keep checking back.  If you want, you can send me an email and I will send out a notice when the next book in the series is available.

The idea for this book has been in my head for a long time and I finally decided to write it.  I know there are a few other books out there that deal with ships being controlled by disembodied brains but this one is a bit different.  The cover was done by the son of my best friend whom I've known since high school.  Erik Zak has a lot of talent and I hope to utilize him for other covers.