Wild-Side If I’m honest, in the early days, I was exceedingly annoyed with the widespread unwillingness the population of Wild-Side had to physically combat the malevolent force attacking the fringes of their society. In the first month following my arrival, the creatures we’d come to refer to as the Elend grew bolder. Farms closer to the five main cities had seen the hulking, savage creatures with increasing regularity. Farmers were soon noticed to be missing. No matter what came, none of the Seeley would fight. …

Our-World Unknown location Kansas The Cessna flew at just over fourteen thousand feet in a turbulent, moonless sky. The time and timing were no coincidence. I’d planned the night’s operation around the new moon, but the weather system was entirely unexpected. An unpredicted storm front was moving in quickly from the west, playing havoc with the small aircraft. Everything about the night’s operation was planned and coordinated using every bit of intelligence I could beg, borrow, or steal. In this case, mostly steal. Everything except …

Wild-Side Today I was moving fast. Far faster than was safe, given the three-quarter moon, the rough terrain, and the dangers of the creatures stalking the wilderness. They called it the Forbidden Zone for a reason. Actually, they had a lot of names for it, but none captured the horror that the people of that world felt for the untold miles of untouched forest surrounding one of their few small cities. The city walls had been enough to keep the denizens of Wild-Side safe until …

My new book is tentatively called Sleepwalker. While the name and content are subject to change, I’ll use this site to publish a new chapter each week. As of today, that’s a 29-week commitment. That’s intimidating, but it will motivate me to hammer out the second draft and maybe get some eyeballs on it along the way. Unlike my other books, Worlds Collide is intended to be a one-and-done release. This isn’t the start of a new series. And for better or worse, the page …

The latest releases in the Cyrus Cooper series have been in the works for a long time, but I think the new books will be worth the wait. After the big reveal at the end of Halon-Seven, there were so many directions I could take the story. My problem was that I liked many of them so much that selecting a path was difficult. As the title suggests, Surviving Origin (SO) brings the fringe technology cult into focus. The group was peripherally mentioned in Rouge …

It has been a while since my last published book, but that hasn't been for a lack of writing. If anything, it's because I have been working on too many projects at once. Today, I released the first book in a new series, Black Rock: The Rising, Death Curse.   While my past books have been primarily action/thriller with a twist of sci-fi, this book trends a little more toward the supernatural with concepts like remote viewing, mysterious disappearing islands, and witches burned at the …

The latest release in the Cyrus Cooper thriller series is now available in Kindle e-book format and trade paperback at Amazon and other major book retailers.  Though Halon-Seven is book #4 in the series, it also works well as a standalone introduction to the series.  New readers are offered a heart-pounding introduction to Cyrus Cooper.  Fans of the series will find him at a pivotal new point in his life.  If you’re new to the series, Halon-Seven offers tantalizing hints about Cyrus’s past.  Some secrets …

Book #3 in my Cyrus Cooper thriller series is available today.  This is part two of the Rogue Faction story arc, and the conclusion of an important transition in the character’s life.  The book is available now for all Kindle compatible devices.  The print version will ship in approximately two weeks. The books are serialized, in that the events of each new release build on everything that has come before them.  One of the things I did to try and make this obvious is to …

The second book in my Cyrus Cooper series went on sale through Amazon first thing this morning.  Rogue Faction Part 1 is the first half of a pair of novels that comprise a single larger story.  It has everything you would expect: murder, mystery, mayhem, and lots of action.  If you were wondering what comes next for Cyrus Cooper after the events in Dangerous Minds, I don’t think you will be disappointed.  Cyrus is back in action, this time working a new case that’s near and …