M. Street Bio:
M. Street is an avid
storyteller with an innate passion for fiction writing. He was raised in rural
Wisconsin near the shores of Lake Michigan across from a small forest that
became his second home. As an adult, M. Street has lived on the East Coast in
Boston, on the West Coast in San Jose, and now resides South, in the great city
of Austin, TX. A love for nature, art, spirituality, and science has been his
foundation. He has been fortunate to have been adopted by cats, dogs, birds,
frogs, turtles, and Monarch butterflies. His professional background is rooted
in Engineering having earned a graduate degree in Computer Engineering from the
University of Wisconsin-Madison and is technically published (under a different
name). He is currently creating Metaphase and Anaphase/Telophase, the follow on
to Interphase/Prophase, part of the Mitosis series.
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Book Cover:
Prophase: A Present Tale bcc:
Become
swept away into a world of light just beyond our perception.
Piper
Walker, a high school senior, has seen her share of hard times. At a young age,
she lost her mother to breast cancer shortly after her brother Charlie was
born. Raising her baby brother under the wrathful eye of an abusive and
alcoholic father, she relies heavily on her small, but tight core of friends.
Lisa, her best friend from kindergarten, and Chris, her longtime boyfriend,
help to keep her above water. Along with her friends, Piper’s elderly neighbor,
Ester, and her lynx point Siamese cat, Jazz, become the extended family she
never had.
Even
before her mom died, Piper always felt different. She was opposite of her
popular best buddy Lisa, and didn’t enjoy doing what most other teenage girls
liked to do. She wasn’t much for fixing up and thought hanging out was boring.
Music and nature were her muses. Piper grew up next to a forest with countless
paths, one of which led to the high school; the others to myriad of seasonal
wonders. Piper spent countless hours in the woods exploring and finding solace
in the trees, wild flowers, and every kind of animal. Although somewhat shy and
insecure of her voice, Piper was lead vocals and a passionate bass player for a
garage band called ‘The Coat Tails’ that consisted of Lisa, Chris, and their
close friend Josh. Having never sounded better, they were sure to win the senior
talent show.
After
a Spring Fling dance, a near-death experience prematurely rebirths Piper to her
destiny, for not even she knows who she really is. Her identity has remained
buried deep for her protection. She awakens to a dimension where light laden with
emotions emits from everything around her. Overnight, Piper and her world are
transformed into something radically different. What she thought was real was
only the beginning, a thin veneer to actual reality. Universal truths are
turned upside down. She wakes to a magical world with an ancient history and
kingdoms of races. Life becomes way more beautiful, complex, and breathtaking
than she ever imagined.
A
menagerie of supernatural and metallic gleaming mythical characters come to
assist Piper to take her first steps in her new world and keep her safe. The
realm of brilliant auras, feelings, and endless color surround her creating a
language she doesn’t understand. She begins a long journey to discovering and
mastering her powers and senses that defy fantasy. Riding gravity waves,
casting spells, and leaping to exotic locations become her new curriculum.
However,
amongst the Eden lies a fatal danger. For centuries, a tyrannical rule has
suppressed and strangled the enchanted world she is now part of. A most
brilliant Guardian, named Eli, and his council, the Arbitri, have become the
only voice. Evolution has stopped. Only Piper has the power to bring about
change.
Amongst
the unspeakable beauty, unknown danger, and the desire to find out who she
really is, Piper stumbles upon an unexplainable, first-time love that becomes
the only thing that she can cling to in her stormy and unexpected life. From
the first time his voice dances on her ear drums, she is taken by something
wonderfully unreal.
Piper
now must juggle her two worlds – and disguise her increasing abilities and
morphing appearance while attempting to be the slightly nerdy teenager everyone
knows.
This
story captivates the imagination with the beauty of nature and the celebration
of love, life, and light – and the power of one girl
