This beautifully bound collector's edition is printed in large 8x11 format! Readers around the world have been enchanted by the miraculous world of Ruin Mist where wizards, elves, magic and mystical creatures abound. Now for the first time ever, readers can explore the enchanting history on which the world of Ruin Mist is based. Ruin Mist Heroes, Legends & Beyond allows curious readers to look up anything from the magical Ruin Mist books and to delve well beyond the current story. Readers can learn about the dark elves of Under-Earth, common trades in the kingdoms, and beasts that go bump in the night. They can read the complete rules for King's Mate: the game, explore maps detailing the known realms, and learn more about the author.
I'm Robert Stanek, and I've been writing stories for nearly 30 years. Though I've always been a writer at heart, I never set out to be a writer. What I wanted to be, I didn't know when I said goodbye to high school. What I wanted to do though, I knew that: I wanted to see the world--and so I did while serving my country in distant lands.
I wrote novels for more than ten years before I ever tried to get published. My big break came with a book about publishing--only a different sort of publishing than you may be thinking. The book was about web publishing and so my career in writing began. While I wrote those other books, I wrote many, many stories and books for my kids, and I collected them for a few decades, until at my children's urging I set out to get them published for others to enjoy.
I am the second youngest of five children, raised by a single mom. While stationed in Hawaii with the U.S. Air Force and working shift work, I went back to school and earned my bachelor's and master's degrees from Hawaii Pacific University. After an 11-year career in the military, I moved with my wife and children to Washington State. When I'm not writing, I can be found playing video games, reading books, or trekking the great outdoors in search of adventure with my wife and children.
It's been a fairly open secret I also write as William Stanek. You can learn more about me at http://www.robertstanek.com or at http://stanek.reagentpress.com. Find me on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/RobertStanekAuthor.
