Cradle of Fire

This sci-fi novel is a thrilling adventure of danger, suspense, and romance!

When a desperate woman takes a perilous gamble to save her family from a brutal murderer, they go through an illegal portal to the Forbidden Colony of St. Antoni. But it proves a dangerous haven because its citizens created a society as different from the Post-Apocalyptic Earth they fled as Mars is from Venus.

With almost no resources, Jade takes a job as an illustrator for a book company owned by the elderly Hortens...