Martin Berman-Gorvine is the author of seven science fiction novels, including the Sidewise Award-winning The Severed Wing (as Martin Gidron) (Livingston Press, 2002); 36 (Livingston Press, 2012); Seven Against Mars (Wildside Press, 2013); Save the Dragons! (Wildside Press, 2013), which was a finalist for the Prometheus Award; Ziona: A Novel of Alternate History (as Marty Armon), an expansion of the short story ”Palestina,” published in Interzone magazine, May/June 2006 (Amazon/CreateSpace, 2014); Heroes of Earth (Wildside Press, 2015); and Monsters of Venus (Wildside Press, 2017).   Martin is also the author of the four-book ”Days of Ascension” horror novel series: All Souls Day (2016), Day of Vengeance (2017), Day of Atonement (2018), and the forthcoming Judgment Day (spring 2019), all set in the Philadelphia suburbs and published by Silver Leaf Books.  See http://daysofascension.com Martin grew up in Havertown, Pa., received a B.A. from the University of Chicago, and spent six years living in Israel. He now lives in Potomac, Maryland with his wife and the youngest of his three sons, plus four cats and two Muppetesque dogs.