About Impact:

Impact is the first book in The Pan Nationals series about a group of leaders trained to solve intractable world problems. But what happens when the problems come from beyond our world?

"We've found something here, something game-changing…" The explosion at the International Space Station will forever change the direction of inventor Tamarind Chase’s life. His mission is to mine asteroids, but when the accident triggers an expanding debris field, it strands the scientists at Moonbase Verity including a friend who once saved his life. He must find a way to rescue them and empower the secret they have discovered.

Impact is Owen’s debut work of fiction. Impact was a semi-finalist for the Cygnus award for new Science Fiction and the cover was voted in the top 100 covers in the 2022 Self-Published Science Fiction Awards.

Author bio:

Mark D Owen is an Oregon native who began writing science fiction in 2018 after a career as an inventor and entrepreneur. He founded Puralytics, a water purification technology using light-activated nanotech, and Phoseon Technology, providing UV LED photo-curing systems to the inks, coatings, and adhesives industry. Owen also held management roles at Agilent, Electro Scientific Industries, and Tektronix.  He has over 50 patents issued or pending, and more than $1B in revenues have been derived from products involving his patents.

Mark and his wife Anne have been married for 40 years and own a share in a cabin in Camp Sherman Oregon and a home in Beaverton. They love to travel and hike and are on track to visit all the National Parks. They have three adult children and three grandchildren.