Beware the Baleful Baltan!

Twelve year old volcano enthusiast Jack Newton joins the elite Ultra Academy, a secret SSSP training program for gifted youth. He and five other quirky student specialists face their first mission when alien Baltans infiltrate underwater volcanoes with a plan to overtake Earth. When the Baltans use mind control to turn the students against each other, the Ultra Academy must set aside competition and focus on combining their strengths to save the planet.

REBECCA K. REYNOLDS fell in love with monsters when she was nine-years-old, watching the vintage movie Journey to the Center of the Earth. To this day, she loves curling up to watch almost any film involving overgrown insects, raging reptiles, atomic spiders, mutant scorpions, invisible men, atomic blobs, carnivorous plants, giant octopi, sub-aquatic dinosaurs, and frogs with questionable agendas. Rebecca taught high school literature for seven years, then created a modern prose rendering of Edmund Spenser's 1590s The Faerie Queene, which will be released on November 11, 2025. Her other creative work includes writing lyrics for Ron Block of Alison Krauss, Union Station and speaking at conferences in America and abroad. She is also a professional audiobook reader. Rebecca is now the Associate Publisher for Oasis Family Media.