Books
Residuum
A Darkening Dawn Novella
Humanity is falling. She has little hope of survival.
Charlus Vaughn, a teenage refugee on the run from machine judgement and haunted by her mother’s secrets. When a rogue data-pirate crew pulls her from the brink of execution, Charlus finds a place to belong, but something far older and far more dangerous is watching.
Entangled in the schemes of an ancient arachnid intelligence, Charlus begins to uncover powers within herself that unravel what she’s been told.
Her past was hidden for a reason.
Humanity is losing its fight for dominance and the machines that hunt Charlus remember exactly who she is.
Residuum is a thrilling space opera of hidden legacies, AI genocide, and imperfect families, perfect for fans of sweeping galactic conflict, found-family crews, and slow-burn suspense.
Once Charlus learns who she is, the galaxy will know about it.
Callus & Crow
The Wayward World Chronicles, Volume 1
Synopsis
Can a path of blood lead to redemption?
Is redemption enough to amend a wayward world?
Morality and reality have shifted from their natural axis. Technology and ideology derive from the remnants of a world long dead and segregated by the monsters that now rule the seas.
Crow, a young ranch hand, is swept into an odyssey of redemption and revenge as he strives to hold back the ravages of fate and the urges born of a curse shared with his new mentor.
Callus, an exile struggling to find redemption whilst keeping his vampiric curse from tainting his new ward, pursues his prey across the sea.The new world they discover reveals a tyrannical society fixated on their council’s ascension to godhood.
No Hook for the Hood
a short story from the Shadows of the Collegiate collection
Synopsis
In the shadow of The Collegiate lies a town displaced by a raging plague. Without succour and the accord penned by the Collegiate’s shrewd council, decimation is inevitable.
The accord weighs human lives against servitude and casts a light on the desperation of simple townsfolk.
Indentured executioner, Grawnden Tweed, is finally days away from freedom.
A man of duty and integrity, a man who does his job without question, but when the hood comes off and the axe lays still, can a broken man escape the cost of his deeds?
The Price of Piety
A short story from the Shadows of the Collegiate collection
Synopsis
Not afraid to get their hands dirty, a crew of miscreant thieves go after the font of all wealth, buried somewhere deep in the guts of the revered Collegiate.
Powerful sorcery, guardians in the dark, and latrine duty stand against the dysfunctional gang.
Only a vague sense of camaraderie, loosely bound with spit, laziness and greed, holds them together as they plot their descension.
With one eye firmly fixed on how to spend their haul, the other on their wayward brothers, can they infiltrate the esteemed facility and escape rich and ready for their next heist?