Mark L Porter
About
the Author
Now a resident of Spokane Valley, Mark Porter was born in Spokane in 1962. Married, with two daughters and two grandchildren, he started writing in 1996 with the first of the six book series of the Phenderians, ‘Escape’. After being an active member of the Spokane Writers and Novelists group, he has continued writing and has eight full length novels to date.
Grippers: After being laid off from their corporate jobs, six women ranging in age from forty five to sixty three, decide to start their own business, as burlesque dancers. Renting and restoring an old theater in the heart of San Francisco, as well as learning the dances, are only part of their concerns. Hiring, interviews, and becoming a coast to coast phenomenon seemingly overnight give difficulty to a profession that already appeared to be stressful enough. Once the public finds out what they’re doing, a rollercoaster of events kicks off. Grippers will hold your interest in a page turning novel you will enjoy over and over again. Escape: Book One of the Phenderian Series: After being orphaned for a second time in his short life, Chessington finds himself having to run for his life along with the ruling brain trust of his homeland Phenderia. With only his wits, his newfound ancient books, and his unique ability to use the energy around him, he must aid his small band to safety if they are ever to have any hope of regaining their kingdom from an unknown foreign power. With only their intellect and Chessington's novice abilities, this small group must reunite, try to defend themselves, and figure out a way to reseat young Prince Palton, along with the Royal Phenderian Council. Escape, the first of the Phenderian Series, sets the stage and shows the hopes of a kingdom devoid of freedom where there was prosperity only days prior.Exile: Their group finds themselves exiled, trying to get to someplace where they can receive some assistance in retrieving Phenderia back from the foreign Army that has taken control. They soon find out that it will get far worse before it has any chance of getting any better. Heading north, the group starts finding out just how much they are being aided by forces that are beyond their control. As they are led around by their strange book, they must grow stronger and larger if they have any hopes of progressing through with their quest. Once deep into the interior of Derentia, they find that changes are all around. Yet one thing is still glaring at them as they continue. They have to face their biggest challenge from Pazlin thus far, getting off of the Island of Mosa. Exile: Book Two of the Phenderian Series will keep you spellbound as you journey on with Chessington and his group of Mosans.Excursion: Finally to the mainland, and still moving as they are instructed, the ever growing band of travelers attempt to stay ahead of Lord Pazlin and his remaining Adherents. Seeking out the rulers of the mainland countries, they spread the word of the East and their conquering of the Island of Mosa. Chessington, still learning more about his abilities, must take on a higher role in the West by forcing himself upon the Kings and governing forces. He upsets the ruling classes along the way, as the changing in the West is not accepted easily. Excursion: Book Three of the Phenderian Series takes the traveling band of Mosans along their next phase towards the ultimate challenge.Extreme:With thew West behind them, the travelers have the task of continuing on through the Great Beyond towards Chiloe and the East. Between them is something worse than Pazlin, however. With the Phanthow as the driving force for the majority of the beings inside of the massive mountain range, they find out quickly enough that they have come from one evil force cot a potentially greater one.
Driven still by History, the group must proceed on, defeat the disturbed and mutated creatures controlled by the Phanthow, and exit the Great Beyond into Chiloe to hopefully get on with their original quest.
Escalate: After a year and a half, Chessington and his band become the first free Westerners to set foot in the East in three thousand years. The arrival is bitter sweet as now they must proceed on to a hopeful meeting with Pazlin. The meeting that has preordained by History will be put to the test as to whether it will ever occur. Pazlin, the Sorcerer of the East, still has ways to deal with Chessington and his group that had set out to do battle with him. The traveling party will need to rally everything inside of them to make it to Pazlin's city of Ruderrac, but will they have enough left to free the Westerners and set the East might.
End: With only one thing left to do, Chessington and the whittled down group of Mosans head eastward before turning north. There is only one accomplishment remaining before the world is set to the way that it was supposed to be thousands of years ago. The Phanthow, being on land now, is the last piece of the quest that must be corrected before he could allow himself to return home. Pressing forward, they find that the Phanthow is more resilient than it had been even before inside of the Great Beyond. Book six finishes the journey that started out over two years before, and gives the climactic conclusion for which this series has waited.
Mindrealm: After her accident in Spokane, WA, Monica is amazed to find no one around except Sir Henry to lead her to her new kingdom of Mindrealm. Once coronated as the new Queen, with an evil Lord and a Witch to oppose her, she is wished sway to her new castle for a quest which will decide not only her fate but also that of Mindrealm's as well.