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Jim Burkett was born in a small coal mining town of West Virginiawhile his father was serving in Korea. Once his father returned, thefamily was transferred to Hawaii were they spent the next five yearsstationed at Hickum Air Force Base. While stationed in Hawaii, Jimspent as much time touring the submarines while they were in port as hewas allowed.

Their nexttour took them to MacDill Air Force Base in Florida. For six years, hespent his weekends going with his father to the different basefacilities, often allowed permission to spend time with the airmen andofficers listening to and watching as they went about theirassignments, working on the planes and transports mechanics. At the ageof 13, he lost his father who by this time was serving overseas onceagain.

Yearslater, while pursuing a Computer Science degree, he met his future wifeCathy and they were married a year and a half later. Still marriedafter 35 years, they have two sons and have been blessed with twograndchildren.

Inaddition to his current Senior Systems Analyst position, he also servesas a senior staff photographer for a local magazine in the Tampa Bayarea. Previously, he wrote a column for the SouthWinds Sailing magazineand worked on several projects including spending a week photographingthe Canadian Olympic Team prior to the Beijing Olympics and the“Earthrace” boat which would later set a world speed recordcircumnavigating the globe. In 2006, he received the “Volunteer of theYear” award for his work with the Pediatric Cancer Foundation.

Throughhis photography and writing, he feels privileged to have met and spenttime with such men as General Tommy Franks, George Steinbrenner, PeteBethune and Steve Yerrid to name only a few. One of his closest friendsis a retired Secret Service agent who once served on Presidentialdetail under six presidents.

Holdingclose to his military roots, he has continued to study military historyand high-tech science and blends these into his first book Declaration of Surrender. He uses his skill with a camera, and his devotion to his grandchildren to build his series Read With Me Pops, for pre-readers and early readers.

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After centuries of religiously motivated war, the world has been split in two. Now the Blessed Lands are ruled by pure faith, while in the Republic, reason is the guiding light—two different realms, kept apart and at peace by a treaty and an ocean. Children of the Republic, Helena and Jason were inseparable in their youth, until fate sent them down different paths. Grief and duty sidetracked Helena’s plans, and Jason came to detest the hollowness of his ambitions. These two damaged souls are reunited when a tiny boat from the Blessed Lands crashes onto the rocks near Helena’s home after an impossible journey across the forbidden ocean. On board is a single passenger, a nine-year-old girl named Kailani, who calls herself “the Daughter of the Sea and the Sky.” A new and perilous purpose binds Jason and Helena together again, as they vow to protect the lost innocent from the wrath of the authorities, no matter the risk to their future and freedom. But is the mysterious child simply a troubled little girl longing to return home? Or is she a powerful prophet sent to unravel the fabric of a godless Republic, as the outlaw leader of an illegal religious sect would have them believe? Whatever the answer, it will change them all forever… and perhaps their world as well.

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