Ralth Martin is a man who couldn't care much about much. Discarded on the frontier mining planet of Bane's World thirty years ago, he's not exactly had a stellar career. Now, he's counting down the last five days till he retires from the Galactic Federation Rangers for good. But somebody decided that Ralth's retirement is about to end with a bang when they blow up a ship bringing fresh supplies for Bane's World. Ralth finds him thrust into a world of lies, false history, and hidden enemies. What will Ralth discover when he begins investigating the truth? Who's the secret enemy waiting in the darkest shadows? For Ralth Martin, this is gonna be one heck of a Ranger's Retirement.

Matthew Tompkins is an up-and-coming author in the field of Christian science fiction. He is a graduate of Liberty University, working to obtain his Master's Degree in Creative Writing. This is Matthew's first book in the series that he calls Jonah's Journey.

Matthew hopes you enjoy this first work in what hopefully will be a long series of books to tell an epic story of a new hero.