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Publication Order of Boundary Books

with Eric Flint

Publication Order of Boundary: Castaway Books

with Eric Flint
Castaway Planet(2015)Description / Buy at Amazon
Castaway Odyssey(2016)Description / Buy at Amazon
Castaway Resolution(2020)Description / Buy at Amazon

Publication Order of Apocalypse Maidens Books

Princess Holy Aura(2017)Description / Buy at Amazon

Publication Order of Balanced Sword Books

Phoenix Rising(2012)Description / Buy at Amazon
Phoenix in Shadow(2015)Description / Buy at Amazon
Phoenix Ascendant(2016)Description / Buy at Amazon

Publication Order of Demons Of The Past Books

Publication Order of Fall Of Veils Books

with Kathleen Moffre-Spoor
French Roast Apocalypse(2018)Description / Buy at Amazon

Publication Order of Godswar Books

The Mask of Ares(2020)Description / Buy at Amazon
The Spear of Athena(2021)Description / Buy at Amazon

Publication Order of Grand Central Arena Books

Grand Central Arena(2010)Description / Buy at Amazon
Spheres of Influence(2013)Description / Buy at Amazon
Challenges of the Deeps(2017)Description / Buy at Amazon
Shadows of Hyperion(2021)Description / Buy at Amazon

Publication Order of Jason Wood Books

Publication Order of Standalone Novels

Paradigms Lost(2014)Description / Buy at Amazon
Polychrome(2015)Description / Buy at Amazon
Legend(2019)Description / Buy at Amazon
Diamonds Are Forever (With: Eric Flint)(2020)Description / Buy at Amazon
Jamaica Blue Magic (With: Kathleen Moffre-Spoor)(2020)Description / Buy at Amazon

Publication Order of Anthologies

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Ryk E Spoor is a famous American author living in Omaha, Nebraska. He has written many interesting novels in his career under different series. Most of the novels written by Ryk are based on the science fiction, space opera and fantasy genres. He has also worked as an R&D Coordinator other than being a noteworthy writer. Ryk was born in Omaha on July 21, 1962 and since then he has lived in a number of places, including Atlanta, Vermilion, Schenectady, New York, Georgia, Albany, South Dakota, Latham and Watervilet. He has also spent some days of his life in Pennsylvania and Pittsburgh. One of Ryk’s parents was a teacher at a local public school while the other was a professor of pharmacy and medical colleges. Ryk has completed his graduation and has earned his degrees of different levels in the subjects of science and mathematics, information science and psychology. After his graduation, Ryk began working in order to earn his own livelihood and has taken up a number of jobs such as bookseller, burger-flipper, QA and Production Manager, cashier and R&D Coordinator. Other that these, Ryk has also been a proofreader, RPG game consultant and an editor. He married in the year 1995 with his wife, Kathleen, with whom he has four children. His family also includes a small poodle and a few chickens.

Other than enjoying his stint as a writer Ryk also loves to play computer games, fishing, reading and talking to different people online. He says that he has remained online since 1976 on his online handle named Sea Wasp. Being an author, Ryk has written a total of 10 books and is about to release a couple of more novels soon. Ryk has stated in his interviews that he always wanted to become an author and had the passion for writing since his childhood. He attempted to write a story when he was only 6 years old which was based on the reaction of a caterpillar on its transformation. It was liked by his teachers very much. When he was 10 years old, he began to understand the norms related to creative writing and felt the urge to learn it from a reputed college. In the year 1976, Ryk began hanging out with his computer geek friends from high school. This allowed him to sneak online as aliases. It was during this time that he started dating Kathleen, although he had known her for more than 10 years. They began sharing common interests, which allowed them to grow closer and eventually get married. Kathleen also began helping Ryk to develop his characters and stories, which motivated him further and encouraged him to bring out his best works.

Ryk has written a number of standalone novels and a couple of novel series’, one of which is the Grand Central Arena series. The series consists of a couple of novels, which were published in the years 2010 and 2013. The first novel of the series was titled ‘Grand Central Arena’ and was published by the Baen publishing house in the year 2010. The plot of the deals with the imaginary space world where the main characters Ariane Austin, Dr. Simon Sandrisson and Marc C. DuQuesne, work together in a space vessel. In the opening plot of the novel, Ariane Austin is introduced as a pilot, who is depicted as trying to take a test flight of the space vessel. The flight was just a simple test flight for Ariane Austin to get the feel of the system as she was boarded on the vessel as the last minute back-up and had to understand the system of the vessel. She was introduced as an intelligent, extremely fast and was completely capable of handling the test activation. However, when the Sandrisson Drive was activated, all the automated systems of the vessel named Holy Grail crashed, even the nuclear reactor was shut down due to the crashing. It was due to the quick reflexes of the pilot Adriane Austin and her efficient training that helped to save the test vessel from colliding with and impossible wall that had appeared in front of them, and get destroyed. The wall was considered to a part of a monstrous surrounding spread over the space of 20 thousand kilometers across. As all the system of the vessel and the artificial intelligences had failed and the nuclear reactor being dead, the crew members of the vessel had to look for some other power source to start the Sandrisson Drive and take the vessel home. However, it was just the beginning of a long journey as the crew members of the vessel discovered that they were not alone and had the company of aliens in a place called The Arena. The only way to take themselves home safely was by joining hands with one of the alien factions. The other way to get themselves out from the place was to follow the rule of The Arena and recognize themselves as a faction. The rules were quite tough and failing them would result in death or even worse conditions for the human race. Being surrounded by deadly alien factions having secret plans and strange magical powers, Ariane decides to play the game by its rules and beat them. She is supported by the genius of Simon Sandrisson and the strategies of DuQuesne and is determined to bring the Holy Grail home by beating the factions of the Arena.

The second novel of the series was published in the year 2013 by the Baen publishing house under the title ‘Spheres of Influence’. In this novel, Adriane Austin is introduced as the captain of the Holy Grail. Due to her heroics in beating the alien factions of the Arena and bringing the Holy Grail home, she was considered to the leader of the faction of humanity. Her attempts with the help of the crew members of the Holy Grail had led to the adventure of an impossible and physics violating space and their heroic return from there. Now, being the leader of the humanity faction, Ariane is required to discover the true meaning of being a leader for both humanity and herself. She is always remains on the hunt by her enemies, who try to kill and depose her. In order to save herself from the wrath of her enemies, she requires the support of DuQuesne’s efficient strategies and Simon Sandrisson’s genius along with her own peerless skills. Their fate along with the that of the humanity in the galaxy now depends on an ally, who everything to lose and nothing to gain by helping the human race against the alien factions of the Arena.

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