WILLIAM F. RAYER is a composer, trumpet player, author, and painter. He is a member of the Cleveland Composers Guild, ASCAP, and the International Trumpet Guild. His degrees include a B.A. in Music Education from Kent State University. and a M.A. degree in Music Composition from Cleveland State University. In 2008, the Lorain Civic Orchestra premiered his work “ The Reach Beyond Tomorrow ”, an orchestral background to his book of the same name and “ Chaos Dreams ”, the Tone Poem written for his second novel called The Legacy of Pnomos. For his latest two novels he has composed " The Lost Clan " and " The Watchers ". He performs regularly as the principle trumpet of the Lorain Civic Orchestra, and the Broadale Brass Sextet. He has completed four novels called The Reach Beyond Tomorrow and The Legacy of Pnomos , The Lost Clan and The Watchers ,available at Lulu.com and Amazon.com.