Penny Preston and the King's Blade

How do you succeed where a legend failed?

Eighth-grader Penny Preston thought she knew how to handle the Bodach, spirits from the 5th dimension. But when a primordial power threatens to tear the fabric of the multiverse, higher-dimensional energy seeps into Piper Falls, New York, and re-energizes the Bodach and their powers.

Unleashing havoc, their attacks draw three others to the small town--an ancient commander seeking revenge for her defeat by the King's Blade, an ethereal Celtic spirit with a taste for exotic nuclear particles, and a shapeshifting spy.

Penny and her friends must again dodge detection, as they sort out the intentions of these powerful entities. How can she succeed where King Arthur failed when one wrong step risks unleashing the apocalypse?

Armen can honestly say he didn't voluntarily read a book until he finished The Hobbit in sixth grade. He earned a BS in Electrical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, where he was an Honorable-Mention All-American swimmer. As a USAF officer he worked on classified 'Area 51' projects - he never saw a single alien (dead or alive). He later earned an MBA from the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill and spent more than a decade in the high tech and biotech industries. His stories mix elements of science and history with a healthy dose of fantasy. When not writing he enjoys swimming, playing ukulele (no public recordings exist), and the outdoors. He lives outside Rochester, NY with his wife and family.