Onyalum

From Los Angeles drug dealer to hero of an alien world, the Universe must have a sense of humor. Tyler Jensen, an earthling lost in the cosmos, struggles to understand the technologically advanced world whose hero he has inadvertently become. Posing as the Supreme Commander of the planet's fleet, Tyler must quickly learn the murky alliances of the military to succeed against their neighboring enemy. Will Tyler's naivete doom the warring world or can he navigate the political trappings of the Admiral's world to conquer another? Author NB VanYoos has traveled many paths wearing many hats. He was a communications soldier in the US Army, a software engineer in the high-tech industry, a lobby bartender at a posh hotel, and a teacher of mathematics to aspiring young high school students. Over this diverse background, he has acquired a vast wealth of experience which is integrated into his writing. From tragedies to romance, war to peace, inebriation to sobriety, his characters travel a varied path wearing many hats.NB VanYoos was awarded the Army Achievement and Army Commendation medals during his tour of duty in the US Army. He often jokes that he helped win the cold war. After completing his military obligation, he acquired a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and a Master of Arts in Curriculum and Instruction before beginning his writing career. Although he admits he has written many thousands of lines of code and technical documentation while a software engineer, his passion has always been to write science fiction.He and his wife married shortly after graduating from college, but waited many years before having their two wonderful children. During that time span, they worked hard in their respective careers, traveling from Colorado to Washington state and back again. As he was starting graduate school to acquire his teaching credentials, he dusted off a first chapter of a book he had started many years before but had put aside while pursuing his programming career. Eighteen months later, that first chapter turned into a book sparking the Onyalum Series, a trilogy following the adventures and mishaps of a naive drug dealer from Los Angeles now lost in the cosmos.The author spends his time teaching high school students the value of mathematics while helping to raise two young girls and train one young puppy. When time permits, he and his wife still pursue their love of live concerts, camping in the mountains, golfing, and traveling to see friends and family. They currently live in Colorado where he continues to write books in the Onyalum Series while he entertains and educates readers with his two blogs. Onyalum, ethereal creatures that can possess the dead, bringing them back to a life of illusion and ill-will. Hiding inside their host bodies, Onyalum live out their lives portraying their assumed person while seeking power, corruption and control. What would happen when one of these agents of evil merges with an insignificant human before being thrust into the Universe? Tyler Jensen is that hapless human. He is a drug dealer from Los Angeles who must battle his addictions while finding his way through an unknown Universe merged with an agent of destruction. Together they share a multitude of lives across many worlds, forever changing them and the Universe in the process.

Los Angeles drug dealer, Tyler Jensen, continues his quest to find a life within the Universe after his transformation into an ethereal agent of destruction known as an Onyalum. Posing as a lowly priest addicted to narcotics, Tyler becomes embroiled in a battle between an ancient cult and the planet's dominant religion. As his decadence leads him further astray, his sins transport him into a hell he is unable to comprehend, let alone escape. Will Tyler survive his damnation or will the alien locked inside awaken his lost humanity to save his soul? Author NB VanYoos has traveled many paths wearing many hats. He was a communications soldier in the US Army, a software engineer in the high-tech industry, a lobby bartender at a posh hotel, and a teacher of mathematics to aspiring young high school students. Over this diverse background, he has acquired a vast wealth of experience which is integrated into his writing. From tragedies to romance, war to peace, inebriation to sobriety, his characters travel a varied path wearing many hats.NB VanYoos was awarded the Army Achievement and Army Commendation medals during his tour of duty in the US Army. He often jokes that he helped win the cold war. After completing his military obligation, he acquired a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and a Master of Arts in Curriculum and Instruction before beginning his writing career. Although he admits he has written many thousands of lines of code and technical documentation while a software engineer, his passion has always been to write science fiction.He and his wife married shortly after graduating from college, but waited many years before having their two wonderful children. During that time span, they worked hard in their respective careers, traveling from Colorado to Washington state and back again. As he was starting graduate school to acquire his teaching credentials, he dusted off a first chapter of a book he had started many years before but had put aside while pursuing his programming career. Eighteen months later, that first chapter turned into a book sparking the Onyalum Series, a trilogy following the adventures and mishaps of a naive drug dealer from Los Angeles now lost in the cosmos.The author spends his time teaching high school students the value of mathematics while helping to raise two young girls and train one young puppy. When time permits, he and his wife still pursue their love of live concerts, camping in the mountains, golfing, and traveling to see friends and family. They currently live in Colorado where he continues to write books in the Onyalum Series while he entertains and educates readers with his two blogs. Onyalum, ethereal creatures that can possess the dead, bringing them back to a life of illusion and ill-will. Hiding inside their host bodies, Onyalum live out their lives portraying their assumed person while seeking power, corruption and control. What would happen when one of these agents of evil merges with an insignificant human before being thrust into the Universe? Tyler Jensen is that hapless human. He is a drug dealer from Los Angeles who must battle his addictions while finding his way through an unknown Universe merged with an agent of destruction. Together they share a multitude of lives across many worlds, forever changing them and the Universe in the process.

Global warming, UFOs, and disappearing scientists are but a few of the clues Tyler Jensen must unravel as he and a top team of engineers and scientists dig for the truth about a top secret government project code named Red Star. At home on the Earth-like planet called Dimare, Tyler is once again thrust into global events when his pastoral life is ripped away in a mysterious accident during a fateful business trip. Are aliens behind the strange lights in the skies or has the government made technological leaps beyond their evolution? Trapped inside a new persona of a young, idealistic eco-activist, Tyler is recruited by an old college friend to journey the world in search of clues. Can Tyler find redemption on this dangerous quest or will his desires for vengeance prevent him from discovering the truth? Author NB VanYoos has traveled many paths wearing many hats. He was a communications soldier in the US Army, a software engineer in the high-tech industry, a lobby bartender at a posh hotel, and a teacher of mathematics to aspiring young high school students. Over this diverse background, he has acquired a vast wealth of experience which is integrated into his writing. From tragedies to romance, war to peace, inebriation to sobriety, his characters travel a varied path wearing many hats.NB VanYoos was awarded the Army Achievement and Army Commendation medals during his tour of duty in the US Army. He often jokes that he helped win the cold war. After completing his military obligation, he acquired a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and a Master of Arts in Curriculum and Instruction before beginning his writing career. Although he admits he has written many thousands of lines of code and technical documentation while a software engineer, his passion has always been to write science fiction.He and his wife married shortly after graduating from college, but waited many years before having their two wonderful children. During that time span, they worked hard in their respective careers, traveling from Colorado to Washington state and back again. As he was starting graduate school to acquire his teaching credentials, he dusted off a first chapter of a book he had started many years before but had put aside while pursuing his programming career. Eighteen months later, that first chapter turned into a book sparking the Onyalum Series, a trilogy following the adventures and mishaps of a naive drug dealer from Los Angeles now lost in the cosmos.The author spends his time teaching high school students the value of mathematics while helping to raise two young girls and train one young puppy. When time permits, he and his wife still pursue their love of live concerts, camping in the mountains, golfing, and traveling to see friends and family. They currently live in Colorado where he continues to write books in the Onyalum Series while he entertains and educates readers with his two blogs. Onyalum, ethereal creatures that can possess the dead, bringing them back to a life of illusion and ill-will. Hiding inside their host bodies, Onyalum live out their lives portraying their assumed person while seeking power, corruption and control. What would happen when one of these agents of evil merges with an insignificant human before being thrust into the Universe? Tyler Jensen is that hapless human. He is a drug dealer from Los Angeles who must battle his addictions while finding his way through an unknown Universe merged with an agent of destruction. Together they share a multitude of lives across many worlds, forever changing them and the Universe in the process.

A mysterious force is tearing apart the tenuous peace that exists between the Litteran and the Outer Galactic Commonwealth, and it is the job of the Commonwealth's Chief Negotiator to discover who or what it is. Tyler Jensen, now a Yan'quin named Hela Trork, is dispatched to track down the various clues about Daneshan, a code name for the entity or entities behind the escalating violence. The Litteran, a brutish race from unknown origins, are often violent but rarely imperialistic. But now, something is driving them to galactic war, and the Commonwealth stands on the brink of unraveling in the face of this unprecedented aggression. Will Tyler be able to solve the mystery behind Daneshan before the Commonwealth falls or will he discover he is a pawn in a galactic chess match he doesn't comprehend? Author NB VanYoos has traveled many paths wearing many hats. He was a communications soldier in the US Army, a software engineer in the high-tech industry, a lobby bartender at a posh hotel, and a teacher of mathematics to aspiring young high school students. Over this diverse background, he has acquired a vast wealth of experience which is integrated into his writing. From tragedies to romance, war to peace, inebriation to sobriety, his characters travel a varied path wearing many hats.NB VanYoos was awarded the Army Achievement and Army Commendation medals during his tour of duty in the US Army. He often jokes that he helped win the cold war. After completing his military obligation, he acquired a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and a Master of Arts in Curriculum and Instruction before beginning his writing career. Although he admits he has written many thousands of lines of code and technical documentation while a software engineer, his passion has always been to write science fiction.He and his wife married shortly after graduating from college, but waited many years before having their two wonderful children. During that time span, they worked hard in their respective careers, traveling from Colorado to Washington state and back again. As he was starting graduate school to acquire his teaching credentials, he dusted off a first chapter of a book he had started many years before but had put aside while pursuing his programming career. Eighteen months later, that first chapter turned into a book sparking the Onyalum Series, a trilogy following the adventures and mishaps of a naive drug dealer from Los Angeles now lost in the cosmos.The author spends his time teaching high school students the value of mathematics while helping to raise two young girls and train one young puppy. When time permits, he and his wife still pursue their love of live concerts, camping in the mountains, golfing, and traveling to see friends and family. They currently live in Colorado where he continues to write books in the Onyalum Series while he entertains and educates readers with his two blogs. Onyalum, ethereal creatures that can possess the dead, bringing them back to a life of illusion and ill-will. Hiding inside their host bodies, Onyalum live out their lives portraying their assumed person while seeking power, corruption and control. What would happen when one of these agents of evil merges with an insignificant human before being thrust into the Universe? Tyler Jensen is that hapless human. He is a drug dealer from Los Angeles who must battle his addictions while finding his way through an unknown Universe merged with an agent of destruction. Together they share a multitude of lives across many worlds, forever changing them and the Universe in the process.

It's been a thousand years since humanity survived a major pandemic killing billions, and thirteen hundred years since Tyler Jensen's departure from his home planet. Finally returning to his roots, Tyler finds a different yet remarkably familiar world he once called home. Now a homicide detective for the Phoenix Police Department, Tyler's investigation into a political assassination throws him into an international web of power and intrigue. His searches for his own past unwittingly unlock secrets spanning generations, revealing clues to the ever increasing epidemics threatening humanity once more. Will Tyler discover the secrets behind the rash of political assassinations or will his investigations cut short his long awaited reunion? Author NB VanYoos has traveled many paths wearing many hats. He was a communications soldier in the US Army, a software engineer in the high-tech industry, a lobby bartender at a posh hotel, and a teacher of mathematics to aspiring young high school students. Over this diverse background, he has acquired a vast wealth of experience which is integrated into his writing. From tragedies to romance, war to peace, inebriation to sobriety, his characters travel a varied path wearing many hats.NB VanYoos was awarded the Army Achievement and Army Commendation medals during his tour of duty in the US Army. He often jokes that he helped win the cold war. After completing his military obligation, he acquired a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and a Master of Arts in Curriculum and Instruction before beginning his writing career. Although he admits he has written many thousands of lines of code and technical documentation while a software engineer, his passion has always been to write science fiction.He and his wife married shortly after graduating from college, but waited many years before having their two wonderful children. During that time span, they worked hard in their respective careers, traveling from Colorado to Washington state and back again. As he was starting graduate school to acquire his teaching credentials, he dusted off a first chapter of a book he had started many years before but had put aside while pursuing his programming career. Eighteen months later, that first chapter turned into a book sparking the Onyalum Series, a trilogy following the adventures and mishaps of a naive drug dealer from Los Angeles now lost in the cosmos.The author spends his time teaching high school students the value of mathematics while helping to raise two young girls and train one young puppy. When time permits, he and his wife still pursue their love of live concerts, camping in the mountains, golfing, and traveling to see friends and family. They currently live in Colorado where he continues to write books in the Onyalum Series while he entertains and educates readers with his two blogs. Onyalum, ethereal creatures that can possess the dead, bringing them back to a life of illusion and ill-will. Hiding inside their host bodies, Onyalum live out their lives portraying their assumed person while seeking power, corruption and control. What would happen when one of these agents of evil merges with an insignificant human before being thrust into the Universe? Tyler Jensen is that hapless human. He is a drug dealer from Los Angeles who must battle his addictions while finding his way through an unknown Universe merged with an agent of destruction. Together they share a multitude of lives across many worlds, forever changing them and the Universe in the process.