Path of Fire
By
Ralph Vardis
Damnation Books, LLC.
P.O. Box 3931
Santa Rosa, CA 95402-9998
Path of Fire
by Ralph Vardis
Digital ISBN: 978-1-61572-818-3
Print ISBN: 978-1-61572-819-0
Cover art by: Dawné Dominique
Edited by: Janet Slike
Copyright 2012 Ralph Vardis
Printed in the United States of America
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All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, scanned or distributed in any form, including digital and electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without the prior written consent of the Publisher, except for brief quotes for use in reviews.
This book is a work of fiction. Characters, names, places and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to any actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.
For Dawn.
I will find you, no matter the sun’s many paths of fire, on this side of sunset or the next.
My parents taught me from an early age that I could accomplish anything. I thank them for allowing me to be who I wanted to be.
My wife has been a “book widow,” as she describes it, for a considerable time and I thank her for her insight, patience, encouragement and advice.
I am grateful to Kelly Lynne for her expertise in helping me edit Path of Fire.
I also wish to acknowledge those family and friends who patiently read earlier, tangled versions of Path of Fire.