Sandy Lender is a magazine editor by day and author of girl-power fantasy novels by night. You can join her reading group at https://mewe.com/join/sandysaysread. Sandy lives in Florida where she volunteers in sea turtle conservation and parrot rescue. With a four-year degree in English and three-decade career in publishing, her successes include traditionally and self-published novels, hundreds of magazine articles, multiple short stories in competitive anthologies, a handful of APEX technical writing awards, a 2020 notable indie award from Shelf Unbound, a 2020 Pushcart Prize nomination, and a few IMADJINN awards. She’s been writing stories since she was knee-high to a grasshopper when her great-grandmother shared her stories of squeaky ghost-spiders around an apartment complex in Southern Illinois. The stories have developed to include strong young ladies working with dragons to save worlds from terrible fates, but those pesky spiders still show up from time to time. There’s always something brewing at Sandy Lender Ink headquarters where some days, you just want the dragon to win. Another Review for Problems on Eldora Prime, from Gary Sorkin Official Pacific Book Reviews Rating: 5 stars Sandy Lender dips her bucket of literary genius into her well of creativity and comes up with a fanciful sci-fi adventure beyond ordinary originality in her Book 1 of the "Dragons in Space Series, Problems on Eldora Prime." Sandy Lender has a very unique way with words and a clever wit when it comes to naming people, places and things. With a cast of wonderfully colorful characters, described best by the author in this excerpt of those who survived the crash landing of the United Society for Peace and Strength (USPS) ship named the Instigator on the planet Eldora Prime: "Luckily, most of the crew not only survived the crash, but survived the attack of the man-like beasts with their terrible mouths. Trane, better known as Bay for his murderous ways; Jay, the intelligent alien; Gibson, the security chief who carried more weapons than it seemed his wiry frame could support; Kor, the muscular and capable marksman; Shayla, the stealthy but simple chef; Red, the openly aggressive engineer; Khiry, the type A personality whose ship had just crashed on a foreign world; Electra, the United Society for Peace and Strength leader's beautiful sister; and four of the seven transports who'd paid for passage to Earth sought shelter in the cargo hold with five dragons." This group joined by others and plagued by fire-breathing Pterodactyloid type of dragons, mutant zombies called "touched" (biologically altered inhabitants of the caves of the planet) and a never ceasing onslaught of situations demanding heightened survival instincts. Sandy Lender does not leave a sentence of insignificant adventure in her brilliant story-telling style. The pace of the book accelerates to warp speed, the adventures analogous to the animalistic uncertainty of Jurassic Park, the credible "Where no man has gone before" as Star Trek, accompanied by Star Wars characters entourage. As I read this book in its electronic version, my finger was constantly scrolling down as I became drawn into this sci-fi adventure of shock and awe. Quite cleverly Sandy Lender began her novel by introducing a glossary of new words. Just as Shakespearian "English" is antiquated for our literature today, our current vernacular is obsolete to describe the world of the distant future. In my opinion, this is an ingenious way to bring the reader into her fantasy world with credibility and having an "insider's" understanding of the conversational interactions of her characters. "Problems on Eldora Prime" is the best prequel to a series of books destined to become classics in young adult reading. Ideally written for screenplay adaptation for the making of a blockbuster movie, or series of movies for that matter, people should not wait until Hollywood catches up, as this book is available on all popular websites now. Another Review for CMFA, from Michaela Novak Official Apex Reviews Rating: 5 stars As legions of deities rise to threaten both the throne and population of Onweald, the battles fan the gates of the dark spirit world, releasing demons of every species to aid the enemy. Emperor Nigel Taiman, however, soon brings Malachi's power to the Arcanan Army's camp, in hopes of tipping the war's tide in his bride's favor. To restore the geasa that will save the god she's sworn to protect, Amanda Chariss must escape the very Betrayer's grasp and make choices for the good of all--but does she have the will to sacrifice all she holds dear in the process? The dynamic conclusion of the Choices trilogy, Choices Meant for All is a solid tale that would work equally well as a standalone. Once author Sandy Lender gets going--and that doesn't take long--she whisks the reader along at breakneck pace through more thrilling battles than the Lord Of The Rings series. Showing her chops as a master crafter of war and adventure, Lender channels Tolkien and Herbert in her own riveting personal take on the perpetual saga of good vs. evil. Rife with action, drama--and quite a few prophetic surprises--Choices Meant for All is a stunning literary treat. Highly recommended.