Set in the fifty-fourth century, the story focuses on Flint Cross, a gunslinger ripped from his roots in the Wild West and placed into the desolation of post-apocalyptic Australia. Plagued with amnesia and nightmares, he finds himself lost and on the brink of madness, doomed to forever wander an empty realm of war-torn souls.
But with the very fate of the universe in Flint's hands, the ancient forces of the aboriginal dreamtime are his only hope. Through seemingly endless experimentation, he must learn to recover his lost memories, raise an army, and construct a steam-powered, interstellar starship to locate and take down his enemy-all while working against the clock and resisting the slowly creeping insanity that threatens to keep him lost forever.
About the Author: Paul Louis Centeno was born and raised in New York City. During his early teenage life he wrote twelve short stories, several of which he used as a foundation to create his first fantasy novel, The Vagrant Chronicle. As a young adult, he studied at Herbert H. Lehman College where he earned a BFA in creative writing and philosophy.
After becoming a graduate, he worked with Gabriel Packard, associate director of the Creative Writing MFA Program at Hunter College, to master his craft.
In 2012 he published two novels: Red Nova and The Vagrant Chronicle, the latter of which Kirkus Reviews stated in their January 15, 2013 magazine, "Centeno yearns to create something completely new, and if we immerse ourselves in his cosmos, we will be richly rewarded."
He presently lives in New York City with his wife and is currently writing his fifth novel.
