Teenage twins Rod and Sprite Maxwell grew up in the weird world of Science Fiction Conventions, where their oddity fits right in. Their paranormal genes cause interlocking plates of stone armor to form under stress and heat.
After years of Covid closures, they eagerly approach BeachCon with their adoptive dad at their side. Invalided out of a UN Black Ops agency, Dad is still capable of keeping his kids out of trouble, if needed.
And it's needed. From the moment the twins step inside the con hotel, they face rogue agents, Russian mercenaries, and worse: their own abusive mother. A web of political intrigue entangles the twins in a witch hunt for their bio father and their genetic heritage, in a battle against paranormals.
And then there's the problem of their own first loves and raging hormones.
Irene Radford has been writing stories ever since she figured out what a pencil was for. A member of an endangered species--a native Oregonian who lives in Oregon--she and her husband make their home in Welches, Oregon where deer, bears, coyotes, hawks, owls, and woodpeckers feed regularly on their back deck.
A museum trained historian, Irene has spent many hours prowling pioneer cemeteries deepening her connections to the past. Raised in a military family she grew up all over the US and learned early on that books are friends that don't get left behind with a move. Her interests and reading range from ancient history, to spiritual meditations, to space stations, and a whole lot in between.
Mostly Irene writes fantasy and historical fantasy including the best-selling Dragon Nimbus Series. In other lifetimes she writes urban fantasy as P.R. Frost and space opera as C.F. Bentley.