I am a creator of worlds and a destroyer of words. As a fantasy writer, my works range from traditional epics to futuristic fantasy with starships. I have worked as an unpaid Little League pitcher, a cashier, a student library aide, a factory grunt, a cubicle drone, and an engineer--there is some overlap in the last two.
Through it all, though, I was always a storyteller. Eventually I started writing books based on the stray stories in my head, and people kept telling me to write more of them. Now, that's all I do for a living.
I enjoy strategy, worldbuilding, and the fantasy author's privilege to make up words. I am a gamer, a joker, and a thinker of sideways thoughts. But I don't dance, can't sing, and my best artistic efforts fall short of your average notebook doodle. When you read my books, you are seeing me at my best.
My ultimate goal is to be both clever and right at the same time. I have it on good authority that I have yet to achieve it.
Visit me at jsmorin.com

The jig is up. The news is out. They finally found her.

As Esper has tried to save the galaxy's wayward children, she's done it with the looming threat of the Convocation dogging her steps. She knows why they're after her, even if she can't remember the events.

She's shaken them across a dozen star systems.

She's bested their hunters the few times they've caught up.

Now, Esper is about to face her greatest fear: the truth about what she's done.

This latest pair of Convocation bounty hunters is a cut above the previous failures who tried to catch her. They're more resourceful, closer on her trail, and have one advantage that NONE of the others could boast.

The help of an old associate who sold Esper out.

Break the Chain is the fourth mission of Black Ocean: Mercy for Hire. Set in the Black Ocean Universe, it continues the saga of the galaxy's sweetest bounty hunter and her loyal sidekick (who is NOT a dog!)and introduces a colorful cast for new and returning readers alike. Fans of vigilante justice and heroes who exemplify the word will love this series.

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