Paths Trilogy

Members of three tribes are drawn by fate into the menacing Rift Valley. They come from opposing tribes yet follow individual paths that lead to love and friendship. The story opens with a tough-minded, take-action woman fleeing the brute who replaced her father as leader of the Mila Tanari tribe. She chooses to jump into the Rift rather than be the pawn of the tribe's new leader. A cute and brilliant inventor descends into the valley via ropes and pulleys with his lover, Kareel, to escape the persecution of his Geneer tribe. Together they make a home and are happy until Kareel's untimely death. A handsome and sensitive healer, a member of the MeTech tribe, is so troubled by the greed of his new stepmother that he trips while gathering plants and tumbles into the Rift Valley. These three are as different as their tribes. Chased by the beasts that patrol the valley floor, the unlikely allies must forge a path toward friendship to survive. Curiosity lures them down a dangerous path in a quest to understand the ruins long protected by the carnivores. The secret they discover changes everything they thought they knew about their tribes and their world. Forbidden Paths is Book One of an exciting trilogy by Rod Mortin. Filled with non-stop action, powerful relationships, and a quest for truth, the Paths Trilogy will inspire you to examine your own beliefs about those outside your tribe.

Alon, Shanra, and Oen pursue the secrets of a project known only as the Zeta mission. Assisted by the heir of a notorious space pirate, their probing brings them to the attention of The Order, men who will stop at nothing to prevent the secrets of Zeta from being, known. Acolyte Jarred arrives to seek and destroy these friends and any evidence of the existence of Zeta. But, to everyone's surprise, he has a mission of his own. Hidden Paths is Book Two of the exciting Paths Trilogy by Rod Mortin. This action-packed and thoughtful novel asks you to challenge the preconceptions of your own tribe and dare to walk previously hidden paths toward discovery and truth.