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The books in this trilogy are:

PASSAGEWAYS: The Living World Book One

PRECARIOUS: The Living World Book Two

Confluence: The Living World Book Three

TRILOGY DESCRIPTION:

Join Cherokee IT Tech Jeff Hawke, otherworldly Synons, and a diverse cast of characters in this hopepunk science fantasy adventure with overtones of metaphysical and visionary fiction. Earth, imperiled by the best and worst impulses of both species, cries out for help. Can, or will, those who depend on her for their own existence unite to save her?

Cherokee IT tech Jeff Hawke is drawn into extraordinary experiences, conflicts, and risks to himself, his friends, and Earth herself when he’s selected as an ally by Synons, beings from the Realm, another universe tethered to Earth. These amorphous energy-mind-spirit entities traverse Passageways to fulfill their mission of maintaining the connection of Earth’s life to The Living World, which encompasses all of Creation. Humanity’s link to Nature, and by extension, The Living World, is deteriorating, imperiling all of Earth’s life, as well as the Realm. Synons use their own essence and Earth’s ambient energy and matter to embody personas of humans that secretly live among us. Their behavior mirrors the best and worst of what they witness in people.

Earth’s defensive reaction to human disregard for and destruction of the ecosystems and processes that sustain life intensify the increasing natural disasters. As Synons and human allies strive to alleviate immediate and long-term threats, each specie develops new traits. They need every tool available to them if they are to rebuild the vital bonds that prevent their worlds from becoming uninhabitable. Will the Living World take the extraordinary step of intervening? Or will short-sighted and selfish mindsets lead to catastrophe?

PASSAGEWAYS DESCRIPTION:

Shape-shifting energy beings, a universe tethered to Earth, enigmatic cyberattackers, telepathic animals, and diverse people populate Passageways, Book One of The Living World science-fantasy series. 

 A trio of personalities is drawn into a mind-bending adventure: Jeff Hawke left his Cherokee people in North Carolina’s mountains to work as a cyber security tech in the state’s urban Research Triangle, where he’s confronted with the challenge of his life; Tami Graves is investigating cutting edge artificial intelligence for a science magazine; Synon Queen TuMa’Aye Gra’Vay arrives on Earth from the Realm seeking the source of threats to the Synon mission of maintaining humanity’s diminishing link to The Living World. Their paths touch, catapulting them into a vortex of hurdles and peril that compel them to confront inner selves and outer forces that threaten catastrophic consequences. 

 A self-contained story, Passageways sets the stage for the astounding revelations and events of the subsequent entries in The Living World series.

PRECARIOUS DESCRIPTION:

Earth is in anguish. Can she be saved in time?
Embark on a kaleidoscope of adventure with young Cherokee IT tech Jeff Hawke as he’s swept into a maelstrom linking a kidnapping, a wealthy entrepreneur seeking to aid extraterrestrials, Earth’s reaction to human disregard, and Synons. These shapeshifting energy-spirit-mind beings are from the Realm, a universe tethered to Earth by Passageways through which they travel to nourish and maintain the symbiotic bond with Earth and her inhabitants to The Living World. The Synons enlist Jeff’s help in attempts to relieve Earth’s increasing distress, which is threatening to destroy her and all those she supports.

Like Passageways: The Living World Book One, you’ll find Precarious immersing you in the adventures and conflicts experienced by Jeff Hawke along with familiar and new characters. Just when Jeff is settling into his rustic home near the government tech center hidden in North Carolina’s mountains where he now works, his mission leads to danger and startling revelations. Can he and his allies discover the answer to saving Earth?

CONFLUENCE DESCRIPTION:

As Earth’s defensive reaction to human disregard for and destruction of the ecosystems and processes that sustain life intensify the increasing natural disasters, Cherokee IT tech Jeff Hawke is drawn into extraordinary experiences, conflicts, and risks to himself, his friends, and Earth herself when he’s selected as an ally by Synons, beings from the Realm, another universe tethered to Earth. Humanity’s link to Nature, and by extension, The Living World, is deteriorating, imperiling all of Earth’s life, as well as the Realm. . Synons use their own energy-mind-spirit essence and Earth’s ambient energy and matter to embody personas of humans that secretly live among us. Their behavior mirrors the best and worst of what they witness in people.

When Synons and human allies strive to alleviate immediate and long-term threats, each specie develops new traits. They need every tool available to them if they are to rebuild the vital bonds that prevent their worlds from becoming uninhabitable. Will the Living World take the extraordinary step of intervening? Or will short-sighted and selfish mindsets lead to catastrophe?