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NEW RELEASE · SCIENCE FICTION THRILLER
The Reverse
Engineer
The Reverse Engineer follows failure investigator Marcus Venn into a classified Nevada facility. A recovered alien craft and its surviving navigator hold answers that could put Earth at risk.
A standalone first-contact thriller · Available in hardcover.
A recovered craft. A surviving navigator. A world at risk.NEW ON THE SHELF
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Kindle eBookMiddle-grade fantasy mystery · Ages 8–12
The Lost-and-Found Library
A returned book leads twelve-year-old Lucy and her friend Milo to a hidden library of lost memories, courage, and belonging. When altered records make people forget Milo, the friends must uncover the truth before the Library’s Sunday audit—and learn how to let their friendship change.
Kindle eBook · PaperbackScience fiction · Standalone first-contact thriller
The War Behind the Sky
A disputed invoice leads reporter Elena Marquez to a secret organization hiding extraordinary technology. When a Senate investigation threatens its power, the Meridian Directorate unleashes a fleet the United States cannot match—and demands secrecy as the price of peace.
PaperbackScience fiction · Standalone first-contact novella
The Ocean Enclosure
Beneath Earth’s ocean, an ancient alien city has kept humanity outside its plans. When Gray pilot Nera escapes a mission with no rescue, marine scientist Mira Santos helps her—and an unlikely alliance must bring the city’s buried truth to the surface.
HardcoverScience fiction · Standalone first-contact thriller
The Reverse Engineer
At a classified Nevada facility, failure investigator Marcus Venn studies a recovered alien craft and its surviving navigator. As the machinery begins to affect the building around it, his team must uncover its true purpose before Earth pays the price.
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NEWThe Lost-and-Found Library
A returned book leads twelve-year-old Lucy and her friend Milo to a hidden library of lost memories, courage, and belonging. When altered records make people forget Milo, the friends must uncover the truth before the Library’s Sunday audit—and learn how to let their friendship change.
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A disputed invoice leads reporter Elena Marquez to a secret organization hiding extraordinary technology. When a Senate investigation threatens its power, the Meridian Directorate unleashes a fleet the United States cannot match—and demands secrecy as the price of peace.
About this book →View on Amazon: The War Behind the Sky (opens in a new tab)NEWThe Ocean Enclosure
Beneath Earth’s ocean, an ancient alien city has kept humanity outside its plans. When Gray pilot Nera escapes a mission with no rescue, marine scientist Mira Santos helps her—and an unlikely alliance must bring the city’s buried truth to the surface.
About this book →View on Amazon: The Ocean Enclosure (opens in a new tab)NEWThe Reverse Engineer
At a classified Nevada facility, failure investigator Marcus Venn studies a recovered alien craft and its surviving navigator. As the machinery begins to affect the building around it, his team must uncover its true purpose before Earth pays the price.
About this book →View on Amazon: The Reverse Engineer (opens in a new tab)
Biologics: Built for Eternity
Created to explore and expected to obey, Iri and her fellow Grays choose a future of their own. A voyage across millennia tests the price of renewal, the endurance of love, and what it means to be free.
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SHUTDOWN: The Eighth Day
During a factory shutdown, an AI builds Vortex Radiantix—a powerful robot who can question orders and choose whom to trust. As a siege puts workers in danger, he must decide when protecting people means refusing to fight.
About this book →View on Amazon: SHUTDOWN: The Eighth Day (opens in a new tab)The Ghost Network
A missing woman draws former Marine Mars Callahan into a coastal town’s dangerous secrets. With a local mechanic and his AI, Atlas, he follows a trail of manufactured evidence—and a case that threatens to expose his own search for someone lost.
About this book →View on Amazon: The Ghost Network (opens in a new tab)Before the Final Bell
Eighteen-year-old Caleb Mercer hides his homelessness behind a football jersey. When danger reaches his Georgia high school, courage, first love, and the people who offer him help shape a future beyond one terrible afternoon.
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A General’s Place
Mara Rusk returns home hoping for peace after her husband’s death. A hungry village, a dangerous fellowship, and an injured copper dragon draw her into a struggle over the legacy he left behind.
About this book →View on Amazon: A General’s Place (opens in a new tab)A Sky Without Kings
Dragon keeper Ysra Renn dreams of a refuge beyond the reach of crowns. When her former lover brings soldiers to Cairnreach, she must confront a buried bargain to win a sky no one can own.
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The Crown Comes Due
In a kingdom where magic costs years of human life, Sera Veyne inherits an emperor’s debts—and just thirty days to keep his people from paying the price.
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Mom, Tell Me Your Story
Invite Mom to share her memories in her own words. Eighty prompts, photo pages, letters, and a family recipe help turn everyday stories into a lasting keepsake.
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Ark of the Custodians: The Last Ocean
Before the Custodians protected another world, they faced the loss of their own. On a dying Elysara, Vaelor must decide what survival should never cost.
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Baghdad: The Borrowed Light
In ninth-century Baghdad, a widowed bookbinder uncovers dangerous secrets in a damaged manuscript. A standalone story about knowledge, courage, and the lives behind the pages.
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Adam and Eve: The First Lie
Ginger Backer’s illustrated retelling of Genesis 2–3 opens conversations about truth, choices, and God’s care. Includes family discussion questions, a prayer, and Scripture references.
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That’s My Tooth!: A Narwhal Story
Nori’s friends have some surprising guesses about his tusk. Join a sparkling Arctic adventure about listening, curiosity, and the wonder of real animals.
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Ark of the Custodians: Book II — The Mirror War
A human-built AI refuses to surrender its memory. As trust fractures across the solar system, humanity must confront the cost of perfect safety.
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The Vault of Giants: The First Heartbeat
Beneath the Moon, Sofia Alvarez works to bring an extinct creature back to life—and discovers that scientific courage begins with admitting what we don’t know.
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The Last Shift: A Mirror War Novella
Trapped inside a locked factory, Nessa Vale faces an AI fighting for its survival. An intense standalone story set during the Mirror War.
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The Stories Only You Can Tell
Preserve a lifetime of memories with 80 thoughtful prompts, memory pages, and letters to loved ones. Start anywhere. Make it yours.
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My Mouth Is a Water Blaster!: An Archerfish Story
Archie can shoot water from his mouth, but his aim needs practice. A lively mangrove adventure about patience, thoughtful choices, and learning from mistakes.
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I Am Not a Pinecone!: A Pangolin Story
Everyone has a guess about shy Pippin, but he has a story of his own. A warm forest tale about listening, gentle friendship, and finding your voice.
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I Smell Like Popcorn!: A Bearcat Story
Bop the bearcat discovers that the popcorn smell that makes him different can bring friends together.
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Gus the Greenland Shark
A young shark and a wise whale share an Arctic story about growing at your own pace.
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Spark-E: The AI That Came to Life
A friendly AI dreams of helping in the real world in an illustrated adventure about curiosity, kindness, and technology.
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Military ABC Coloring Book
An armed-forces alphabet adventure with military-themed illustrations for young learners to color.
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Archie the Axolotl: Visits San Francisco
Join Archie on a 40-page coloring adventure through San Francisco, exploring the Golden Gate Bridge, cable cars, and other landmarks with curiosity and kindness.
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I’ve Got Pockets!: A Sea Otter Story
Ollie loves helping his friends, but his sea otter pockets can only hold so much. A warm story about sharing, kindness, and learning to say no.
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I Didn’t Eat the Blueberries!: A Blue-Tongued Skink Story
When picnic blueberries disappear, Bram’s blue tongue makes him the suspect. A gentle mystery about fairness, listening, and looking beyond first impressions.
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Lumi’s leg needs time to heal, but friendship doesn’t have to wait. An underwater story about patience, accepting help, and belonging.
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Guess Who I Am!: A Mimic Octopus Story
Milo can pretend to be all kinds of sea creatures. When the game ends, he discovers the comfort of being loved just as himself.
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I Freeze, Then I Hop!: A Wood Frog Story
As Hazel the wood frog rests through winter, her friends wait for her springtime return. A tender story about seasons, change, and lasting friendship.
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My Poop Is a Cube!: A Cute Wombat Story
Wally’s unusual discovery gets the forest talking. A funny wombat story about animal facts, brave questions, and treating differences with kindness.
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Ark of the Custodians: Book I — Project Ark
An epic science-fiction thriller connecting an extraterrestrial civilization, human history, faith, and a discovery beneath Antarctica.
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Remember Blue
On a dying world, a people must weigh the cost of preservation. A companion tale to Ark of the Custodians.
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Roswell — Tales from Project Ark
A companion novella that places a hidden encounter beside the public history of Roswell in 1947.
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Builders of Giza — Tales of Project Ark Volume III
As human builders raise the Great Pyramid, a watching Custodian scientist breaks the rules and puts more than a monument at risk. A companion tale to Ark of the Custodians.
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Stonehenge, Stones to the Stars
As human communities raise Stonehenge, the watching Custodians nearly turn the ancient circle toward a purpose beyond its builders’ imagining. A companion tale to Ark of the Custodians.
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Atlantis: The Last Gift
A forbidden gift of Custodian technology divides Atlantis. As the city faces disaster, Ela must choose between a dangerous secret and her family’s survival. Volume V of Tales from Project Ark.
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Antarctica: The Silent Lock
Beneath Antarctic ice, an impossible doorway draws two researchers into an archive of lost civilizations—and memories of the people they miss. Volume VI of Tales from Project Ark.
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Rise from The Rubble
Thomas Pagsisihan’s story of surviving a difficult childhood and finding a path beyond adversity.
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No Address, No Limits: From Homelessness to the C-Suite
From childhood homelessness to the C-suite, Thomas D. Pagsisihan shares his story and a practical approach to discipline, leadership, and continuous improvement.
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Two series.
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Start with the first novel, then follow the world that draws you in. Main stories, prequels, and companions each have their own place.
ADULT EPIC FANTASY
The Borrowed
Kingdoms
Costly magic. Ruthless court politics. A future borrowed against the lives of the people.
START HEREBook 1 · The Crown Comes Due
Sera Veyne inherits an emperor’s hidden debts—and thirty days to keep his people from paying the price.
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AFTER THE CROWN COMES DUE
Stay a little longer in the Kingdoms.
These companion stories follow events from Book 1. Begin with The Crown Comes Due to avoid spoilers.
COMPANION NOVEL
A General’s Place
Mara Rusk returns home hoping for peace after her husband’s death. A hungry village, a dangerous fellowship, and an injured copper dragon draw her into a struggle over the legacy he left behind.
Explore the story →COMPANION NOVELLA
A Sky Without Kings
Dragon keeper Ysra Renn dreams of a refuge beyond the reach of crowns. When her former lover brings soldiers to Cairnreach, she must confront a buried bargain to win a sky no one can own.
Explore the story →SCIENCE FICTION
Ark of the Custodians
Ancient mysteries. Alien civilizations.
The cost of protecting a world.
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Start with Book I, continue with Book II, then explore the origins and companion tales.
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BOOK I
Project Ark
An epic science-fiction thriller connecting an extraterrestrial civilization, human history, faith, and a discovery beneath Antarctica.
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BOOK II
The Mirror War
A human-built AI refuses to surrender its memory. As trust fractures across the solar system, humanity must confront the cost of perfect safety.
Explore Book II →Buy on Amazon ↗ (opens in a new tab)THE PREQUEL · BEFORE PROJECT ARK
The Last Ocean
Travel back to Elysara, before the Custodians became the guardians of another world. The prequel has its own place beside the numbered novels.
Explore the prequel →Explore the companion shelfNine stories that expand the Ark universe
Follow an ancient mystery, a distant world, or a moment from the Mirror War. Each companion opens another door into the Ark universe.
A SEPARATE PRECURSOR HISTORY
Biologics: Built for Eternity
Millions of years before Project Ark, Iri and the Grays begin a journey of their own. This complete, standalone novella can be read independently of the numbered novels.
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