Books

Pruning a Psychopath

Haymond Gunning is a shifter of minds — a seasoned neurological guide leading a group of scientists through the mindscape of a psychopath. Their mission: eliminate the Darkness that’s spreading. But as the team carves a path through the patient’s prefrontal cortex, Haymond gets the notion this expedition is nothing like the others. Shadows emerge bearing cryptic messages, mutated beasts prowl just beyond the camp’s perimeter, and impossible weather conditions complicate their travels.

But nothing is random. Controlling it all is a singular entity, enigmatic and vile, whose sole intention is to repel the team from its dominion. If the experiment fails, the Institute risks dissolution. But luckily, Haymond has never failed to complete an expedition, and he’d do anything to keep his record pristine.

As lies and manipulation twist the team’s understanding of reality, paranoia sets in, and their scrutiny turns inward. Can they maintain their current course and complete the experiment, or will they succumb to the very infection they’ve been sent to destroy?

A Lost Reality

When his teenage niece goes missing, Raidon Westley, Virtual Reality Investigator, must choose to protect the avatar of his deceased son, or dedicate the little time he has left to finding Hadley. Will the tools at his disposal – a teleportation device, militarized vehicles, and a badge of impunity – be enough to overcome his aggressors, or will he fold under the weight of his rallying enemies?

Cassandra ‘Noro’ Sanders, an ex-student turned virtual virus, seeks revenge on the world from which she was exiled. She revels in the destruction her Har’Mags inflict upon Parousia, but as the lives of her coded children fall into jeopardy, her resolve begins to falter. Do they jump worlds, or maintain their current course of mutually assured destruction?

In this tale of retribution and acceptance, individuals and whole communities will crumble, and the definition of what it means to exist will shift permanently, for better or worse.

The Incision of Being

After receiving the message that a rare golden mechanthrop is inbound for MR&H, Annalease and her crew of underground rejects set out to acquire their prophesized leader.  But the Gold is not only indifferent toward the destruction of all humanity, he can’t harm a human without feeling their pain.

Doctor Ernest Emerson, youngest member to a family of scientists, seeks to redeem the reputation of his family’s fallen namesake by any means possible, even if it means maiming the subject of his latest experiment. Each step taken exacerbates his decaying relationships as lab tests verge on the brink of unforgiveable malevolence.

As the limits of autonomy and the restrictions of fate clash with the lives of those struggling to mold the future, the consequences of every action will test their willpower, and no one will walk away unchanged.

The Hacker Who Became No One

What is the price of life, and how many evil acts does it cost to lose one’s right to live?  These are the questions facing Axel Hoffmann, a computer hacker being extorted by a digitized overseer known simply as Little Eye.  The glue that binds them, besides Little Eye’s developing position as a parental figure, is the Cyber Conflict Control Unit (C3U), an underground organization suspected of killing innocents.

Tasked with improving societal cohesion, C3U’s four squads of highly-trained operatives move like shadows through the city, stimulating growth through disaster.  Except now there’s a sophisticated hacker doing his damndest to stop them.

Internal complications have also arisen within C3U.  Lies uncovered by the surrogate daughter and son of the organization’s terminally ill leader snip at the seams.  What happens when the core of your identity—name, birthday, and past history—all come under the scrutiny of being completely fabricated?  What happens to the value of another’s life when yours no longer exists?