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New Release: Spectres of Valor

Hey everyone, I’m happy to report that Spectres of Valor is live! The latest book in the Star Portal Universe, it covers the stories of those left behind when the alien culmor have occupied the world of Century.

Century has fallen.

With their defenders killed or scattered, the alien Culmor Empire has seized and occupied the planet. Only a handful are able to oppose the aliens, hiding in the shadows and trying to survive.

That struggle is far more personal to Ashiri Takenata and Alexander Karmazin. They are both children of multiple worlds, one a refugee who dreams of her distant ocean planet, the other trained for the military from birth in the hopes of reconquering his stolen birthright. They have fought in the shadows to free Century and now they start taking that war into the light.

But they have stumbled across a terrible truth. The world of Century is too valuable for the aliens to allow it to be liberated. The Culmor have created a doomsday plan, one that will leave the world’s cities as smoking craters, that may well scorch the world’s very atmosphere away.

To fight the aliens, to free their world, Alexander and Ashiri must become more than shadows, they will need to become spectres, able to strike and disappear without a trace. If not, their friends, families, and entire world may pay the price.

You can find it on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3Pz8mkv

Kal’s February 2026 Update

Hey everyone, we’re more than halfway through the month already, but I wanted to give a quick update!

First, the good news: I’ve finished Spectres of Valor last weekend and started edits on it. If all goes well, I’ll have it out to beta readers this week and (crossing my fingers) it’ll be up for order soon, as in next month. More to follow, as it’s been a long time coming, but I feel like I nailed this one, so we’ll see what other people think, right?

Second the great news: I’m several thousand words into Valor’s Liberation, the next book of the Children of Valor series. If I can put the same energy into it as I have in Spectres of Valor, I think everyone is going to love it.

I’ve got a lot of projects in the air and a lot of real-life things taking up my time as well, but it’s an incredibly good feeling to return to the Children of Valor books and get writing on them again.

Thanks for reading and look back here soon for news on book release dates!