Young Adult SciFi

How can you stop a god from destroying everything --- even if you are a god?

A young god graduates from God School and gets his dream job of building his first universe. Plagued by a school rival and aided by his friends, he struggles to build a universe he can be proud of in this humorous fantasy.

A humorous fantasy about a young god whose job is fixing broken universes. Bernie is different from other gods, who tend to take a hell-fire-and-brimstone approach to problem-solving.

Our young hero has the misguided notion that life - even if it was created by the gods - is important and shouldn’t just be sniffed out...

Even if it’s the life of a murderous wizard bent on destroying anyone who opposes him.

Bernie's assignment is to get the mining going again on the planet Flo.  There is a bit of a problem because everything keeps changing, including the rapid introduction of new technology.  Bernie begins to suspect that something is changing the planet's past.  He has to stop it before the entire population is destroyed.

Welcome to the high-tech planet of Cells, created by the gods to produce power cells. But something strange happened—the people vanished. Not that the gods were bothered, as  Cells' efficient robots took care of the trade. Until one day, when the robots disappeared too. Enter Bernie, an expert troubleshooter, sent on a mission to fix the problem and get the trade going again.

What Bernie uncovers is truly extraordinary. The people haven't disappeared; they've immersed themselves in a virtual world that surpasses their wildest dreams. A world of magic, adventure, mythical creatures, and endless treasures.

But there's a catch. Bernie must locate the elusive Game Master and convince him to awaken some of the people so the trade can resume. The only way to accomplish this? Bernie must step into the virtual world, stripped of his godly powers. Time is of the essence, because the gods despise disruptions in the universes they create. And if Bernie doesn’t solve the problem, and quickly, they will take matters into their own hands.

This is the prequel to the award-winning book, Bernie and the Putty. This story begins when our young gods are twelve years old. A little girl is lost, and our young heroes are the only ones who can save her from the deadly woods.

This is a free set of chapters for people who have read one of the books in The Universe Builder series. It tells all about the fight between Bernie and Billy that changed Bernie's life forever.