Born of Empire: A Sci-Fi Thriller (Dodecahedral)

Never Enough Time

Never Enough Time is an alternate history that incorporates iterative realities as a product of time travel. Set in World War II Nazi Germany, a young woman from 1965 Pennsylvania finds herself center stage in the development of a Nazi wonderweapon. Ultimately, she discovers that she has the potential to change history, and we climatically learn that her history is not what we assumed and the changes she makes bring an unexpected result. 📖 Available on Barnes & Noble [https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/never-enough-time-joe-sandoval/1150184435?ean=9798256359768&st=EML&2sid=BN_BNP0022_Account_Author_Title_Preorder_v1_20240214]

Wistman's Wood - A Tale of the Moors and Beyond: A science-Fantasy Novella

This novel began, as many stories do, with a place. Wistman’s Wood is real. It exists on the high moorland of Dartmoor in Devon, England—a stunted oak forest growing impossibly from a chaos of moss-covered granite boulders. The trees are ancient, twisted, draped in lichen like the beards of druids. Walking through it feels like stepping sideways out of time. Local legend claims it’s haunted, that the Wisht Hounds—spectral hunting dogs—run through it at night, and that Old Crockern, the spirit of the moor, makes his home there. I visited Wistman’s Wood on a spring morning much like the one that opens this book. Standing among those gnarled oaks, I felt something I can only describe as presence—not threatening, but ancient and aware. It was the kind of feeling that makes you question the boundaries between the material and the numinous, between what we can measure and what we can only sense. That experience planted the seed for this novel, but the question that grew from it was larger: What if human consciousness itself has been constrained? What if we’re capable of so much more—more empathy, more foresight, more connection—but something holds us back? The metaphysical framework of this story—the idea of a “grey mist” encoded in our DNA, limiting our capacity for compassion and long-term thinking—is, of course, fiction. But it’s fiction that asks a real question: Why do we, as a species, so often fail to act in our own collective interest? Why do we struggle to feel the suffering of distant others, to care about future generations, to see ourselves as part of a larger whole? Some might answer with evolutionary biology: we’re wired for tribal survival, not global cooperation. Others might point to social structures, economic systems, or cultural conditioning. This novel doesn’t claim to have the answer. Instead, it asks: What if the limitation isn’t inevitable? What if it could be lifted? I chose to leave the central event of the novel—the solstice ritual and its aftermath—deliberately ambiguous. Did Michael and his companions truly perform a mystical intervention that altered human consciousness? Was it mass delusion, a placebo effect on a global scale? Or was it something in between—a collective shift in awareness that happened because people believed it could? I don’t know. More importantly, Michael doesn’t know. And that uncertainty is the point. 📖 Available on Amazon: https://amzn.to/4uZEkp3 [https://amzn.to/4uZEkp3]

Born of Empire: A Sci-Fi Thriller (Dodecahedral)

5 Stars - Book Review Directory 2023 5 stars - Indie Book Review 2024 5 stars - Reader's Favourite 2025 Gold Medal winner Global Books Awards 2025. YA Author 2026 - Farnham Literary Festival Three days. Two teens. One throne. The future hangs by a thread. In the future, Earth has expanded into a 12-planet empire: the Dodecahedral. Ruled by a cruel and aging despot, who has one heir: Prince Teodor. Protected behind high walls and withdrawn from public life — who is this Prince? Two days before his sixteenth birthday, Teodor is taken. In a brutal attack on the ancient cathedral, the beating heart of Earth’s capital. The only question now is: how long will the last Prince and Heir survive? The clock is ticking. Meanwhile, in the shadows and back alleys of the same capital, Guy Erma is fighting for his future. A gifted mathematician. A blade champion. If only he had a shot. Just one chance to prove himself. Guy witnesses the prince’s kidnapping. Guy also knows who did it. The question is: what should he do? Who can he tell? Who should he trust? Ultimately, the question isn’t whether he can save Teodor… 👉 It’s whether he should. * Political intrigue across a 12-planet empire * Relentless action and cinematic fight scenes * Deep friendships tested by loyalty and betrayal * Telepathic aliens, elite warriors, and deadly conspiracies * A hopeful vision of the future—where humanity still fights to be good * Loved Dune but want something more accessible and fast-paced * Crave epic worldbuilding with deeply human characters * Want high-stakes action with real emotional impact Born of Empire is the first book in the Dodecahedral Empire series—a thrilling space opera where loyalty is tested, courage is everything, and the fate of twelve worlds hangs in the balance. 👉 Start the series today and enter the empire. 📖 Available on Amazon: https://amzn.to/4b9WkGe [https://amzn.to/4b9WkGe]

Flying Without Instruments: The ADHD Brain's Guide to AI, Self Knowledge, and Building Something Worth Keeping

For forty years, Rance Johnson built a career, led teams through dozens of acquisitions, and managed complexity that would have broken most people—without knowing why his brain worked the way it did. Then came the diagnosis: ADHD. At sixty-two. What followed wasn't a breakdown. It was clarity. In this honest and practical book, Johnson shows how artificial intelligence can become something far more powerful than a productivity tool—a trusted thinking partner calibrated to how you actually think. Not to fix you. To finally work with the brain you've always had. This isn't about efficiency. It's about survival. And building something worth keeping. Inside you'll discover: * Why ADHD isn't a focus problem—and what that means for how you plan, prioritize, and recover from overwhelm * How to turn AI into a Kemosabe—a steady, pattern-spotting thinking partner that fits the way your brain works * Practical rituals like the 5am Debrief, the minimum viable day, and brain-dump-to-blueprint planning * The Shadow patterns—Avoider, Pleaser, Restless, Hyper-Achiever—and how they show up in your work and relationships * Honest stories about marriage, parenting, leadership, and the people who carried the load while you were still flying blind If you're a late-diagnosed professional, a partner who loves one, or anyone trying to build something meaningful with the brain you actually have—this book will help. You're not flying blind anymore. It's time to build your instruments. 📖 Available on Amazon: https://amzn.to/4vXZcxS [https://amzn.to/4vXZcxS]

Symphony Of Self: Compose Your Life

SYMPHONY OF SELF: COMPOSE YOUR LIFE Experiential self-help through sound, rhythm, and frequency. "Symphony of Self succeeds because it shifts the goal from perfection to authorship." — Printed Word Reviews What if the anxiety, overwhelm, and uncertainty you feel aren't signs that something is wrong — but signals that your life is asking for a new composition? In Symphony of Self, composer, conductor, and transformational teacher Ann M. Mracek reveals a truth that changes everything: your life functions like music. When your internal rhythm, patterns, and nervous system fall out of sync, everything feels off. But when you learn to conduct your inner world, you can transform chaos into clarity, survival into intention, and noise into meaning. A new category of transformational literature. After each of the 15 chapters, a QR code unlocks a 10-minute guided meditation set to original music — composed by the author specifically for that chapter, calibrated to the frequencies and rhythms that correspond to its teachings. You don't just read about emotional harmony. You feel it. You internalize it. You live it in real time. Ann wrote the music. Ann composed the meditations. Ann wrote the book. This is one unified, immersive experience — and it exists nowhere else. Blending neuroscience, the architecture of music, and deeply-human storytelling, Symphony of Self gives you a new framework for understanding yourself and a practical, felt path to reshape your future. You will discover how to: * Recognize unconscious survival patterns and step out of them * Use rhythm, repetition, and awareness to rewrite your responses * Create emotional harmony during times of transition and uncertainty * Move from surviving your life to conducting it with intention This is not about fixing yourself. It's about learning how to conduct yourself. "An essential read for anyone ready to stop reacting to the loudest impulse and start conducting a life of coherence." — Printed Word Reviews Your life is already a symphony. It's time to take the podium. 📖 Available on Amazon: