My Novels and Series and What’s Next

Amazon is not exactly known for organizing things such that the novels show up nice and serialized in the order they’re intended to be read. I know because I’ve had to go looking for works of other authors I knew were available but had difficulty getting them to come up on Amazon’s results. Books2Read does a better job, but some of their affiliated retailers do not. All of these books except the Rediscovery ‘4 novels in one book set’ are available for $4.99 or less in e-book, or in paperback from all sources.

(Books2Read is an aggregator, which has over a dozen retailers and library services that work with them, including Apple, Barnes&Noble, Overdrive, Kobo, and others including Amazon. You log in and tell them which of their retailers or library services you prefer to work with – and most public libraries work with Overdrive or Biblioteca, which give you a way you can read my books without buying them out of your own pocket. https://books2read.com)

My first published work was the four book Rediscovery series, which introduces us to the Empire of Humanity, Guardians, and the extant technology. It consists of a ‘tight’ trilogy with a follow-on novel, all of them centering around Graciela Juarez.

1. The Man From Empire Amazon link Books2Read link
2. A Guardian From Earth Amazon link Books2Read link
3. Empire and Earth Amazon link Books2Read link
4. Working The Trenches Amazon link Books2Read link

There is also a four-in-one volume available for a substantial discount, if you’re willing to buy all four at once. Amazon set link Books2Read set link. The Amazon paperback is significantly less expensive that the paperback available through the Books2Read retailers, but Amazon required theirs to be in 10 point type due to length, which many people find less readable than the Books2Read 12 point.

The next series I began was Preparations for War, in which Grace’s nephew Joe ends up helping the primitive planet Calmena, which will be on the front lines of the next major war, prepare to survive that war. There are four books and the series is complete.

1. Preparing The Ground Amazon link Books2Read link
2. Building The People Amazon link Books2Read link
3. Setting The Board Amazon link Books2Read link
4. Moving The Pieces Amazon link Books2Read link

The third series I have, also complete, is Politics of Empire, which also focuses on Graciela Juarez starting about fifteen years later, as she begins her own family with her husband and learns to navigate the dangerous waters of Imperial politics. There are four novels in this series. It was written parallel to the Preparations For War series, describing events taking place at roughly the same time.

1. The Invention of Motherhood Amazon link Books2Read link
2. The Price of Power Amazon link Books2Read link
3. End of Childhood Amazon link Books2Read link
4. Measure of Adulthood Amazon linkBooks2Read link

The next book after my current project will be another Empire of Humanity novel, A New Embassy. Current plans are for it to be a stand-alone

A ‘many worlds’ fantasy series, Connected Realms, which focuses on Alexan, who is an exile from the Empire of Humanity. There are two books out, and a third book in progress which will likely complete the series.

1. The Fountains of Aescalon Amazon link Books2Read link
2. The Monad Trap Amazon linkBooks2Read link
3. Bubbles of Creation (in progress)

Finally, I have an urban fantasy crossover series begun, with two books out, and at least two more planned. It centers on Mark Jackson, a more or less ordinary fellow from Los Angeles. It’s not an erotica book, but it does deal with some things that are sufficiently mature topics that I wouldn’t recommend it for people under about 16.

1. The Gates To Faerie Amazon link Books2Read link
2. The Gifts Of The Mother Amazon linkBooks2Read link
3. Shadow Of Power (working title – forthcoming)

My current work in progress is Bubbles Of Creation, book 3 of Connected Realms. It will likely be the last work featuring Alexan as the viewpoint character, although I have ideas for his children.

After that, I’m planning to work on A New Embassy, a (thus far) stand-alone set in the Empire of Humanity.

The project after that will likely be Shadow Of Power, Book 3 of Gates To Faerie.