K.B. Sprague is a Canadian epic fantasy writer and physicist, having attained his doctorate at the University of Western Ontario. With more than twenty years of field experience ranging from nuclear and particle physics to military wargaming, emerging technologies, and artificial intelligence, Sprague has no shortage of unconventional ideas and it shows in his latest fictional creations. He currently serves as a subject matter expert on emerging technologies and lives on a quiet hobby farm with his family. In between the hours and minutes tending to life's many demands, he steals away to the land of Theia and ponders the complexities therein. Series website: http: //www.sparxsff.com