Sun & Stone

by Ren Cummins

Finding the Dead Man was only their first problem - convincing him to help save the world was the next.

In the sequel to "Steel & Sky", "Sun & Stone" picks up right where it left off, with air pirate S'jora Khan'dyr running to save the lives of herself and her passengers from the powerful mech armies of the Steel Cities. They must find help and warn the rest of their people, but will the help come in time to save them all? And will Favo Carr, the Dead Man himself, prove to be on the side of life or death should the Song Mistress' visions come to pass?

Dive deeper into the world of Aerthos as author Ren Cummins weaves another layer of the magical and occasionally steam-powered lands begun with the Chronicles of Aesirium and continuing now with the Tales of the Dead Man!

374 pages, Kindle Edition

Published March 29, 2016

About the author

Born in California, Ren lived in three more states and one other country before finally settling down in Seattle, Washington. There with his wife and daughter and their two dogs and one of the heaviest cats in existence, he juggles a love of writing, music, science fiction and the occasional desire to make an honest buck.

After a college professor in his English department took a good look at his work and aspirations, and subsequently challenged him to find his voice out in the world and not in a classroom, Ren decided to interpret this challenge positively (and not in a "why don't you just sod off, you tosser!" sort of way) and has been working to find that very voice ever since.

Along the journey, such relatively mundane occupational interruptions like working as a hotel manager, music studio engineer and middle eastern drummer for belly dancers offered their respective distractions, but only served to diversify his voice, granting new accents and dialects. His life-long studies of philosophy, religion and the evolution of language have also played their part in affecting the development of his writing style.

Along with short stories and a developing anthology of Children's stories, Ren has been writing a series of steampunk-themed novels, collected into the "Aerthos Trilogy", an epic adventure centering around a twelve year old orphan girl who discovers that her own destiny is tied irrevocably to the past and future of their divided world. The first novel, "The Morrow Stone" was nominated for the Steampunk Book of the Year 2010 by Steampunk.com.

When not working on novels, Ren can also be found sipping on a white chocolate mocha, playing RPGs (dice or video games) or trying to teach his dogs not to jump on the couch.