He wanted a quiet life. His wife had other plans.After decades in the Imperial Explorer Corps, Zane earned his peace. Retirement on a quiet world, a younger wife who still believed in him, and safety where danger used to be. But peace never lasts.A simple mission becomes anything but. A corrupt bureaucracy closes in. Two hunted children, desperate for someone to care.Drawn back into space aboard a rusting legacy ship, Zane must confront the ghosts of his past and decide what he's willing to risk to protect what hope remains.A Sea of Stars Novel - Set in the Reign of the Immortal Emperor Timothy Manley has a fascination for both the future and the past. He cut his teeth on the likes of Tolkien, Howard, Lovecraft, Heinlein, Dick, Asimov, Bradbury, and Poe. He was a geek long before the internet existed and loved the melding of science, magic, and fantastic technologies. He currently writes both science fiction and fantasy, with some medieval macabre tossed in here and there, while he lives at home with his wife and the youngest two of his five kids.
