James Chapman has spent most of his life as a corporate work-beast while dreaming of faraway worlds where heroes do battle and dark forces menace. He’s an out-and-proud SF geek from way back with thousands of novels under his belt. Big stories get his creative juices flowing—the epic clashing of empires, and an all-powerful State against those who dare to resist. He enjoys laser light show space battles, quests into unknown territory, and a hate-to-love romance. But the intimate stories of characters trying to find their happy ending in a universe of greater and hostile forces attracts him as much.