Lark Ravenlord is an outcast from the city of Haven, riding a stolen raven that belonged to her dead lover, determined to make a life for herself in the vastness of the Winterland. When she makes contact with legendary beings and learns an ancient weapon may destroy her former home, she must decide whether she dares to return to Haven. There she must convince her enemies, not only to let her live, but to follow her, as she and the great raven Kee-La embark on a dangerous quest across unknown lands to save Haven from destruc-tion.
I'm a writer, naturalist, and historian living in Colorado Springs. I'm a former Air Force officer and have a career in consulting to feed my writing habit (and my family, of course). I published my first book in 1995 and claim an all-time persistence award: the fantasy Raven's Quest, originally submitted to a publisher in 1983, made it to print in 2018. I'm a longtime aficionado of space exploration, paleontology, zoology, cryptozoology, and several other things. I have a collection of figures, toys, and models of the Devonian-era armored Dunkelosteus terrelli and maintain a FaceBook site for this scary-cool predator. I wrote about it in Prehistoric Times (Summer 2018) and am bringing it to life in fiction as well.