Books with author Joel Steese

For Stevie Bly and his friends, it all started with a casual dinner—and a very unusual dinner conversation. What do you say when a complete stranger tells you that you have been called to go on a quest in another world? How should you respond when given the opportunity to go on a pilgrimage into unknown? For Stevie, it was an easy choice—Yes!And so the adventure began. Thrust into the cold and desolate northern regions of the Mirror Lands, Stevie and his two friends must follow some very sketchy directions to complete their pilgrimage and return home. But that isn’t nearly as easy as it sounds—for, as they soon find out, in this world, there are no guarantees.Assisted along the way by a female minstrel, a flying Weather Man, and a gun-toting preacher with supernatural powers, Stevie and his friends press forward towards their goal. But when Stevie is captured by a powerful enemy, he finds himself facing the most difficult decision of his life—a decision which will decide the fate of he and his two friends and perhaps of much more.Are you ready—to be a pilgrim?

In the city of El Mar, the main topic of conversation is the mysterious vigilante known as the Man of Stone. This masked man, seemingly possessed of super-human strength and stamina, uses the cover of darkness to make a one-man war on crime—but is he really the city's protector or is he himself a new threat?And then, a young pilgrim named Stevie Bly arrives in El Mar (following the direction the Pathfinder gave him at the end 'The Valley of Decision.') His path crosses that of the Man of Stone, and Stevie finds himself intrigued by this would-be hero. Soon, Stevie finds himself drawn into a conflict between the Man of Stone and criminals like the master thief called the Frogman and the seemingly psychotic extortionist Lockdown. Meanwhile, another figure lurks in the shadows of El Mar—the whimsical Mongoose whose purposes are far from apparent.Stevie is willing to play his part in the game—but there are forces at work which he doesn't understand. Before the conflict is over, the stakes will have risen far higher than anyone expected, the identity of both friend and enemy will be doubted, and the only hope for victory may lay with an unexpected alliance which goes far beyond the narrow streets of El Mar.Are you ready—to be a pilgrim?

Dylan Mason has the reputation of a troublemaker within the North American Spaceforce, and after he causes a nearly fatal crash, he expects to be expelled from the force. But Commissioner Hunter, head of the Spaceforce, decides to give him one more chance and appoints him as captain of the starcruiser Infinity. Though less than pleased with his copilot, the sour and sarcastic Carl Regsdale, Dylan is sure he can make good with the ship and prove himself to the commissioner.However, his first mission, a routine flight to Mars, proves to be less than routine. A strange phenomena called the Green Fire is terrorizing the planet, and Dylan finds himself accused of playing a part in causing it. Now, Dylan must somehow clear his name and prove who is really responsible for the fire--with the help of his co-pilot, his young crewman, Aaron Carpenter, and Ted Brownlow, an interplanetary evangelist with a quirky sense of humor.