There stands an oak tree, hidden in Chicago, which connects our world to Phaeton. A broken world, shattered by an ancient war. An uncharted wilderness brimming with mythic monsters, quick-drawing gunslingers, shining knights, and brutal villains. A world held together by a magical substance called Ether, which grants any number of powers to those who can harness it. When Lucas Knight's brother is killed by the Grim Reaper himself, Lucas and his best friend Kyle track the evil spirit to Phaeton. They are soon swept up in the adventure of a lifetime as they encounter legendary beasts, never-ending caverns, and an iron-masked ruler bent on destroying the human race. Does Lucas have what it takes to solve his brother’s murder and save mankind before it’s too late?
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Andy Robinson is a professor of theatre practice and member of the MFA Acting faculty of the USC School of Dramatic Arts, as well as a graduate of the New School for Social Research and a Fulbright scholar at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, where he trained as an actor.
His professional career has encompassed theatre, film and TV as an actor and a director. As an actor and director, he has worked in Europe and throughout the United States in over a hundred theatrical productions—which include Broadway, off-Broadway, off-off, L.A. and regional theatres. Robinson was a founding member of La MaMa Plexus, the Antaeus Classic Theatre Company, and the Matrix Theatre Company where he functioned as co-artistic director for 10 years. Film acting credits include the original cult classics Dirty Harry and Hellraiser, as well as The Drowning Pool, Shoot to Kill, Mask, Cobra and Charley Varrick; and TV includes numerous episodes from Bonanza to the recurring role of Garak on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, and the TV films The Atlanta Child Murders, The Trial of Bernhard Goetz, Incident at Vichy and Liberace (title role). He directed episodes of Deep Space Nine and Voyager, and was a staff director on CBS's Judging Amy. He has been nominated for an Emmy and won several L.A. Drama Critics Circle and Ovation Awards for both acting and directing.