The Crux is author Ronald J Rossmann Jr.'s second novel. His first self-published work is The Lost Road to Hope, an apocalyptic tale featuring heroes who are cancer survivors, inspired by his mother's three-year battle with the disease. He is a lifelong fan of science fiction and fantasy with the genre first introduced to him by his Uncle Phillip. At sixteen, he conceived the concept of The Crux and after a twenty-seven-year labor of love, involving numerous revisions and evolutions, the story finally came to its complete fruition. This is the first installment in a six-part series with two up...