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Vanguardian

Sci-fi suspense and historical romance about identity, duty, and what it means to be human when confronted by an outside force.

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    My debut novel, Vanguardian, is officially published and available at all major retailers and at libraries. But, you, as my website visitor, have an opportunity to get a free digital copy of my novel in exchange for your honest review…

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    Em dashes have been in use since the 15th century, emerging during the printing revolution, and the symbol later gained popularity in the 18th century. Em dashes have been a punctuation mark for centuries at this point, yet for some…

  • New Reviews!

    New reviews are in for Vanguardian: Book I. Book Short Description: ๐‡๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ซ ๐‚๐ฅ๐š๐ฌ๐ก๐ž๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ฒ โ€” ๐€ ๐’๐ฉ๐ž๐œ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐‰๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐ž๐ฒ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ, ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ฌ, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐‹๐ž๐ ๐š๐œ๐ฒ A…

  • ๐ŸŽ‰ Published – Vanguardian

    Vanguardian: Book I Clerk, The Buy Now The empire of Monde is the envy of its neighbors. Nasrin, a war refugee in hiding, has lived illegally in the kingdom for years with her son, Lucian. Her raven-black hair and prismatic…

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    Enter to be one of 100 readers to receive a free e-book copy of Vanguardian. A Dark Romance & Introduction to the Vanguardian Military Science Fiction Series The empire of Monde is the envy of its neighbors. While fleeing her…

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  • Why I Write as The Clerk

    Hello Readers, My name is Sylvia Petro. My stories are inspired by many things I have experienced, observed, and meditated on in my life thus…

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    The Clerk is a cosmic scribe charged with chronicling the lives of the countless Astral Warriors in our universe. Through their selflessness and power, these…

My name is S. N. Petro. I’m a technical writer by day and a fiction writer by night, writing under The Clerk.