Mark Tucker lives in the Puna region on the Big Island of Hawaii, with roots in the Pacific Northwest. A lifelong fan of science fiction and fantasy, he wrote his first novel at age 20, sold a short story to a magazine a few years later, and published The Just Beyond in 2013. He is the musician behind Lions on Saturn: The Dark Night Returns on Spotify, an amateur game designer, and a fervent follower of the latest developments in physics and cosmology. He is currently working on Beyond All Else, the final volume in this series.