Growing up, Paul Riley dreamed of going to space and rocketing among the stars. Finding his way in the world after college, he had settled for walking under them. Paul had always wanted to leave home, but he never could have imagined that he would end up defending it. Little did he know, taking the long way home from work would change his entire universe. The Specter Rising tells the tale of an unlikely hero from the insignificant planet of Earth, thrust into the midst of an escalating conflict of Galactic Scale. Paul Riley finds himself dodging alien creatures, starfighters, and warships, desperate to save himself and his world in this rollicking science fiction/fantasy adventure.