The Ninth (Paperback)

Brent has survived his initial training but the time for training is over. The peace of a thousand years has been shattered by the declaration of war. The Commonwealth finds itself under attack by one of its own as battle rages across the galaxy. The future of mankind rests on the shoulders of a small squad while a hidden foe waits for the right moment to strike.

Benjamin Schramm grew up in a mountain community in the dark times before the internet. There wasn't a great deal to do on the hill and weekly trips down the mountain to procure supplies were just a fact of life. To expose him and his sister to the outside world, his mother made a point to treat them to a movie when time and money allowed. Films led to novels and before long the works of the great masters of science fiction changed his perspective on life. While not the original path he imagined for himself, Benjamin Schramm now spends his hours translating the worlds and people his imagination dreams up to the written page. His one hope in life is that others find the same enjoyment in his works as he found the first time he was introduced to the universes of those that first paved the path of science fiction.