Randy B. Batten is a writer and merchant mariner living on the remote Alaska island of Unalaska/Dutch Harbor. He has been putting pen to paper since the age of thirteen, when he proudly mailed his first manuscript to a publisher to examine. It was a handwritten piece on Egyptian history, complete with self-drawn pictures to support the words. Though always writing something, be it chapters that would eventually become part of projects or just quotes and wisdoms that he scratched down and stored like winter nuts, the challenges of work, family, and at times running businesses, etc., made it nearly impossible to finish his many works. His desire to publish stories for people to enjoy never wavered, however, and now, nearing a reasonably early retirement, he has adopted a new commitment and desire to share his words with the world. Knight on Time is his first offering, with The Golden Arrow, a novella, to follow soon. He hopes these stories were worth your wait.