Fiction and Poetry

Nine hundred years in the future, a peaceful but struggling humanity reaches out from Earth, looking for planets, looking for people, looking for their place in the galaxy. They find more than they bargained for.

Book 2: The Unbounded Trapped in Harbor System after an alien intruder destroys the a-rings, the Cheetah crew struggles to manage their temperamental, secretive captain and complete their dangerous mission to save the outer sectors. They have no idea how far their captain will go to be a hero—until it’s too late.

On the Drumheller, Captain Beezan and his adopted teenager, Jarvie, adjust to their new crew. Veterans of first contact with the Ramians, their next mission is to investigate the a-ring control panel constructed by aliens known as “the Builders.” But when they discover a long-lost message, the crew fears that humanity has tangled with the Builders before—and no one made it back to warn them.

The Sundering Series is a Bahá’í-inspired, first contact, science fiction adventure set nine hundred years in the future. A peaceful but struggling humanity reaches out from Earth, looking for planets, looking for people, looking for their place in the galaxy.

They find more than they bargained for.

Book 1: The Sundering Far in the outer sectors, the supply chain from Earth is stretched to the breaking point. Ships can only jump between stars using an ancient alien transit system called the a-rings. But now, someone or something is jumping into human space, destroying the a-rings—trapping people on rundown space stations.

Cargo captain Beezan Mirage, one of the few people that can jump, has sacrificed eight years as a solo pilot delivering critical supplies to keep space stations operational. For Beezan, it’s better to be alone than suffer the loss of another crew.

Runaway Jarvie Atikameq makes a desperate move to get away from teen training school, onto a ship, and back to his last surviving shipmate. He may be the only person with a clue to what’s really happening with the mysterious a-ring accidents.

Can they work together to save the sectors?

From silly to serious, here is a compilation of sixteen fictional stories about walking your own path, finding friends, and fighting everyday battles. Read together, or read alone for ages 9 and up.

• How can Mica compete at the science fair when parents are helping the other kids?
• Niccolo doesn’t want to play in the symphony this summer, but can he bring himself to blow the audition?
• How will Jenna and Abby ever become astronauts if they're stuck on the farm, and lost in the maize?

Tokens Magazine provides an international forum to share spiritually inclined poetry and works of the visual arts in support of its mission to develop the arts on a cooperative basis. The magazine is only available in print form. This issue has contributors from Australia, Canada, Costa Rica, England, Ethiopia, Israel, Northern Ireland, Scotland and the United States. Editor: James Tichenor Design: Melanie Etemad

Poetry

JoAnn Pangione Arcos • Sheila Wolcott Banani • Bret Breneman • Alan J. Campbell • William P. Collins • Aniela Costello • Jim Ferguson • Pete Hulme • Eric C. Larson • Amy Leone • Sylvia Miley • Sarah Munro • Linda Naseem • June Perkins • Gail Radley • Shirin Sabri • James Tichenor

Art and Photographs

Gail Amare • Thelma Batchelor • Leonard Ericks • Reissa Gibbs • Saraiya Kanning

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Winter by Thelma Batchelor

Poetry

Archie Abaire • JoAnn Pangione Arcos • Sheila Banani • Andisha Sabri Carey • William P. Collins • Aniela Costello • Kiara Ehsani • Claudia Susan Gold • Duane Herrmann • Peter Hulme • Sarah Munro • June Perkins • Amy Pierovich • Shirin Sabri

Art and Photographs

Gail Amare • Thelma Batchelor • Donald E. Camp • Reissa Gibbs • Mahtab Naji • Hans Öhman

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Hollow Reed by Victoria O’Neill

In the second and final volume of the thrilling historical novel Wise Men of the West, the search for the Promised One takes dramatic turns as our spiritual explorers pursue surprisingly parallel prophecies from Christian, Jewish, and Muslim sources, all pointing to the same time, and all pointing eastward.

Upon his return to America, Zach finds William Miller and the Adventists reeling from the impact of what was already being called "The Great Disappointment." How can he convey to his religious countrymen the magnitude of his discoveries?

A novel about the search for the Promised One in the Latter Days.

A gift and conversation-starter for Christian and Baha'i friends: This historic fiction has been written as a gentle way to encourage anyone interested in the question of the Return of Christ to re-visit the beginning of the Adventist movement in the 1840s for a wider look at what various groups expected—not simply other Christian groups, but other religions as well. It follows the explorations—both geographical and theological—of two Western seekers as they gradually realize that the question of the Return is actually much larger than anyone had imagined. Their search carries them beyond the Holy Land and ultimately to Persia. Baha’is will find this book to be a good gift for Christian friends and relatives, especially when combined with discussions of the issues raised in each chapter.