Mark Mora is an Army veteran, former Navy civilian, disaster responder for almost 20 years, and currently works in cybersecurity and with the space community. He authored the Andromeda Rhoades trilogy, the first part of his Local War Saga, and will soon publish Stormrider: A Local War Story. Mark has loved Science and Fiction—especially when those two passions come together—since childhood. He and his wife live in Colorado with their children where they enjoy the Rocky Mountains, science, history, and far too much anime.