Ashra, the youngest Sanctum princess, is used to being told what to do and when to do it. She has little freedom; born blind and mute, she lives inside her own mind, experimenting with her burgeoning psychic powers and seeing the world through sight borrowed from those around her. But when her mother sacrifices herself to ensure Ashra leaves on the right escape pod, the princess is forced to begin making decisions for herself, decisions that will shape the fate of empires and the galaxy.
Alan Belmont, officer of the Einhart, has seen better days. He isn't used to failing, but his latest mission ends abruptly when the Sanctum Empire captures the man he was supposed to rescue. However, when a new weapon that decimates the Sanctum fleet is linked to the girl inside the escape pod he recovers, his structured life of orders and battles begins to crumble. Especially when the girl reminds him of the daughter he once had...
With Ashra under his care, Alan must balance his duties to the Einhart with keeping the princess safe from both the superhuman Sanctum royalty that seek her and his own comrades that want her dead. Their adventures will take them to lush forests filled with strange creatures, vast spaceships packed with Sanctum soldiers, and a hidden research facility where the twisted products of the Empire's ambition lurk. But they won't face them alone; Aki, an assassin with a personal vendetta against the Sanctum, and Argus, a bear of a man that recites poetry between gunshots, will have their backs at every step.
With memorable characters and action from start to finish, the story explores the morality of war, how a lonely child can heal a broken father, and the beautiful yet tragic consequences of self-sacrifice.

I was raised deep in the Midwest, where the land is sold in acres and the horses, cows and chickens outnumber people. I fled as soon as I could by going to UC-Berkeley, and ended up graduating with a degree in Japanese with a few years of molecular cell biology on the side. Fleeing even further, my travels took me to Tokyo, where I discovered the best sushi and the worst weather. The wind has now blown me to Seattle, where I can be found running down Pike St. yelling, "Go Seahawks!" at the top of my lungs, in turn scaring small animals and children.