A young man in his tweens is working his way up to pilot of a Starship by flying a space copter taxi between ground and orbiting spacecraft.
His terror of being helpless, makes him a control freak and determined independent from higher authority also makes him reluctant to accept responsibility for others and possible public censure. A misconstrued non-verbal solicitation of gifts, setting up a gift table, results in little gifts he can never forget.
A story in the Order of Light and Fire Universe
Global elites and their retainers are not happy with Adam and today is the day they make their move to snuff out his light once and for all.
A story in the Catalum Universe
The town found a cache of baby dragons seemingly abandoned in their temple. The adults are nowhere to be found. A short in sequence after 'The Dragon and Its Child'.