Ryk E Spoor, Phoenix Ascendant
Balanced Sword Series (Baen)
Phoenix and her companions take on the King of All Hells in a final showdown with the fate of multiple worlds in the balance.
About Ryk E Spoor:
Ryk E Spoor, born July 21, 1962, in Omaha, Nebraska. Since then I’ve lived in Vermilion, South Dakota; Atlanta, Georgia; Latham, Schenectady, Albany, Watervliet, and Troy, NY; and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. My parents were both teachers (one at local public schools, the other a professor at the medical and pharmacy colleges).
I’ve gotten degrees of different levels in mathematics and science, psychology, and information science, worked as a burger-flipper, cashier, bookseller, QA and Production Manager, and currently am R&D Coordinator at International Electronic Machines. I’ve also been an RPG game consultant, a proofreader and editor, and some other odd jobs I’ve forgotten.
I married my wife, Kathleen, back in 1995 and we now have four children ranging in age from my oldest son Chris at 18 to our daughter Domenica at 5 years. Plus we have a small poodle and some chickens. Besides writing, which has become more second profession than entertainment, I enjoy tabletop RPGs, some computer gaming, reading, fishing, and various fandoms, as well as hanging out online and talking with people. I have been online since 1976 and my online handle, “Sea Wasp,” I first started using in 1977.