Patrick Locke is the author of Conscripts: The first book of The Off World Trilogy. A Marine Corp veteran and former behaviorist, his story captures the strength of the human spirit, courage in the face of adversity, and working together for a common goal. Raised near a remote Pacific Northwest town close to the Canadian border, he was more at home outside than in. With his closest neighbor miles away, he entertained himself with stories-from books and an overactive imagination-cultivating his love of all-night reading, putting music soundtracks to the stories in his head, as well as developin...