The Builder Awakens: Signed by the author

Description

On a backwater planet, in the vast tundra lives a caveman named Kpleeb. He is widely considered the slowest and least promising in his village, but destiny rarely chooses the obvious.
After a bitter quarrel with his friends drives him into the wilds, Kpleeb is violently taken by mysterious beings from the stars. Imprisoned and subjected to cruel experiments, he loses all hope of ever seeing his home again. Then he meets Thoka. Beautiful, fierce, and equally trapped, she becomes his unexpected ally. Together, the unlikely pair must outwit their captors, escape an alien nightmare, and fight for the freedom they thought was lost forever. In the process, they discover something even more powerful: a love neither of them ever imagined, and a new world waiting to be built.

But peace proves fleeting. In their new homeland, ruthless and otherworldly warriors ravage the tundra, leaving death and destruction in their wake. As an ancient prophecy surfaces, Kpleeb and Thoka begin to realize they are far more than mere refugees. High above their primitive world, the vast machinery of a sprawling galactic empire turns with cold indifference—setting events in motion that will shake the stars themselves. Kpleeb, once the slowest caveman in his village, stands unknowingly at the center of it all… and the greatest adventures of his life are only just beginning.