Michael Moran is a thirty-seven-year-old government employee for ADA compliance. He has a bachelor's degree in English Education and a master's degree in Educational Leadership, both from Florida International University. He previously self-published a 500-page gaming book called TIER: The Enhanced Role-Playing Game. It took him seven years to write and revise the book, and it sold over 1,000 copies. It also took him three years to write and revise Believers, the first novel of this trilogy, with the help of Scholastic, school students, family, and friends. This novel is the second book of a trilogy series, and he has all notes and plans ready to write the third book.