A connected hard-SF universe across eight centuries — where every series is a front door you can walk in cold.
Action and adventure on the surface; honest, hard science fiction underneath. The recommended front door is Dead Reckoning — a standalone first-command thriller, and a sabotaged ship's long way home.
14
Novels Available
4
Series
Kindle Unlimited
Read Free
8
Centuries Span
One universe. Many front doors.
In 2047 a signal arrives that should not exist, and leaves microscopic fractures in spacetime — the Seams. Over the centuries humanity learns to cross them, and pays a cost it doesn't understand. That single thread runs under every book here.
But you never have to read it all, or in order. Every series is a complete story with no prior reading required — and most books stand alone within them. (A few, like The Reach, tell one continuous saga best read in order.) Read one and stop, or fall through the floor into a universe built like a wiki by the person who wrote it. Both work by design.
Where should I start?
Pick the door that sounds like you. You can't choose wrong — they all open onto the same universe.
Just start here
A standalone first-command thriller and the cleanest door into the whole universe. No other book required.
Dead Reckoning →If you want action & adventure
Captain Marcus Cole and the ISV Resolute — twenty-eight years at the deep frontier. Each book is complete; start anywhere.
The Long Watch →If you want hard SF & institutions
Cohort 12 across forty years of deep-field navigation. Procedure, pressure, and the quiet cost of the work.
The Drift →If you want the whole shape
Eight centuries, one connected universe — see how every series and book fits together.
The Timeline →Loved a particular book? See where to start if you liked Project Hail Mary, The Expanse & more →
Browse by series
Fall into the universe
Optional, and deep. Primary-source canon by the author — not a fan wiki. None of it is required to read the books; all of it rewards the ones who do.
Star Charts
Interactive maps of the junction network and the spent far pocket — zoom into the systems.
Open →Glossary
The working vocabulary of the universe — the Seam, the Wound, the species, the ships.
Open →Artefacts
Ship logs, blueprints, intel, recovered fragments — primary-source canon, written by the author.
Open →Characters
The full cast across the published novels, grouped by series.
Open →The Reader List · Free
A new story in your inbox, every week
I serialise short fiction here first, for the list — a new installment each week, free, before any of it is collected into a book. Plus new releases and the odd free-book day.
Start at the front door.
Dead Reckoning stands entirely alone, reads free on Kindle Unlimited, and is the cleanest way into the universe.
Read Dead Reckoning