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Cataclysm

The Myst Clipper Shicaine

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T'Amorach was a thriving world until the Cataclysm rendered it almost uninhabitable. Centuries later it finds itself on the eve of a war it can ill afford. The surviving cultures maintain a fragile peace, protected within large domed "zones," separated by badlands. It is upon the caustic low-lying mysts of T'Amorach's badlands that the great myst-clipper ships sail. Most engage in trade or travel, but one legendary ship, The Shicaine, once worked to bring sentient machines to freedom in Rossums Zone. Then her crew were betrayed and scattered. Now, five years later, they're starting to turn up ...

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Dr. Kerry Forrestal, MD was first introduced to the field of medicine in 1979 at age 16 with his local American Legion Ambulance. When he was 18 became one of the youngest people to be licensed as an Emergency Medical Technician in New York up to that time. He attended Binghamton University (Then SUNY Binghamton), earning a Bachelor of Science degree with dual majors in Biology and Psychology, which he followed with a Masters in Business Administration. During this time he also trained to the level of Advanced Emergency Medical Technician, Level III. Upon completion of his Masters Degree in Business Administration, he joined the New York Air National Guard 106th Air Rescue Wing where he served as a Commander's Advisor on issues including drug and alcohol abatement and diversity, equity, and inclusion and was recognized as a Distinguished Graduate of the Department of Defense Race Relations Institute (DEOMI).In 1997, he decided to pursue a medical degree and was admitted to The Renaissance School of Medicine at the State University of New York, Stony Brook University. He was elected Dean's Liaison for his class and created the "Career Cultural Competence" or C3 project to train all eleven health sciences schools at Stony Brook in a common forum about issues regarding cultural understanding in medical practice.Upon completion of his medical degree, he did a residency at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia, PA, after which he became board certified in Emergency Medicine and ultimately a Fellow of the American College of Emergency Physicians. For the past twenty-two years, Dr. Forrestal has worked in trauma centers as an attending physician in the Emergency Department. In his current role, he has served as the Emergency Department's Medical Education Director. Additionally, he has taught medicine at The University of Maryland Eastern Shore, an Historically Black College/University, and is the Ambassador to Ireland for the American College of Emergency Physicians. He currently serves on the Executive Board of the Maryland College of Emergency Physicians. Internationally he has served on medical missions to Haiti, as a delegate on the China Emergency Medicine Exchange through the Eisenhower Institute, and works to facilitate an exchange program between Emergency Medicine residencies between Ireland and the United States. Prior to medical school, he helped to found South Africa's first volunteer ambulance corps in Hout Bay, South Africa. He was honored with a lifetime member award from the Hampton Bays Volunteer Ambulance Corps and Honorary Chairperson award from Hout Bay EMS. In addition to several medical papers and presentations, Dr. Forrestal has previously published in the field of Science Fiction and Fantasy, Cataclysm: The Myst Clipper Shicaine (2016) and has written a two-act play, Club Hell, which received four Theatre Association of New York Awards (TANYs) in 2012. He currently contributes on a regular basis to Conquer: The Patient's Voice a magazine for cancer patients and sits on its editorial board.This is Dr. Forrestal's first non-fiction work, which is intended to be the first in a series of patient-centric books covering the many types of cancers.