Science Fiction
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Survey Series
The Survey Series is a science fiction space opera that explores the idea of what would happen if humanity embraced compassion, science, consent, and diversity instead of treating those ideas as anathema and liabilities. The series has queer and transgender main characters, disabled characters, spiritual and religious characters who don't proselytize as a matter of principle, and AI and aliens that are very much not human. There are beginnings and endings, secrets and revelations, and, above all, love, compassion, and justice.
I will begin reading Book 5, Nemetona, on my podcast, Tales from Flat Space, beginning on May 9, 2026. eBook and Paper versions of the Survey series are still temporarily unavailable as I switch publishing providers. If you would like an eBook copy of my books, please feel free to email me.
Book 1: Survey
In this futuristic adventure, computer scientist Kiah Hasan, physicist Nigel Evans, and Captain Josh Walker embark on a mission to the Kuiper Belt on the space station known as Trinity.
When simmering political tensions on Earth erupt into war, the Trinity Station crew disappears, only to be found a century later by Admiral Darren Winters. Dr. Hasan’s AGI experiments have led the descendants of the former Trinity crew to make remarkable technological advancements in order to survive on massive ships in deep space, culminating in the birth of the new nation of Survey. But when Admiral Winters is tasked with finding the youngest AI, Loki, who vanishes after a tragic accident, he discovers a dangerous secret that could threaten Survey’s future.
Can Admiral Winters and psychologist Dr. Alex Campos uncover Loki’s fate before it’s too late? [Audio Player]
Book 2: Unity
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Jack Kirby, haunted by the memories of a failed colonization mission and the loss of his lover, seeks solace in a new position as Religious Program Specialist on a remote PreCol station. Surprised to find a new family in his colleagues– his boss, the enigmatic Chaplain Marsha Brooks, cheerful Ensign Jenny, and determined Ensign Mark– he is able to finally start healing.
However, after terrorists target a ship from the AI nation of Survey, Jack soon becomes embroiled in an espionage game that has galactic implications. As the stakes rise and dangers loom, can Jack keep his new family safe? [Audio Player]
Book 3: Colony
After narrowly escaping death on New Harmony, Jenny Frasier retreats to Musashi to heal and find balance through meditation and training. But her respite is short-lived when she is pulled back into a galactic war against hatred that only she can help win.
Together with deep-cover espionage specialist Lulu, Jenny and their team become pawns in a deadly game, where every move they make changes the rules. With the fate of two civilizations hanging in the balance, they must track down the omniscient game master before it tears society apart. [Audio Player]
Book 4: Consortium
What should have been a seemingly insignificant event has angered the Spirits, and now, a mysterious threat is consuming entire stations that Loki built for a population of humans near the center of the galaxy.
With no clear understanding of the cause, Loki has returned to Survey seeking help for his people. But can Jack, Marsha, and teenager Po carry the weight of saving an entire civilization? As they grapple with the enormity of the task at hand, the stakes rise higher than ever before, threatening to break them all. [Audio Player]
Book 5: Nemetona (2026)
Nemetona is a neurodivergent AI who has been having a hard time finding just the right Captain. Eli, having been asked to retire from being Unity Ambassador so that Rev. Marsha Brooks can take over, was at loose ends. When the AI psychologist recommends that Eli become Nemetona's new Captain, both of them are unsure. However, it ends up being a perfect match and leads them both on a journey of discovery that neither of them thought they would take.
Book 6: Control (2026)
Nan Spencer wakes up one day on Hestia with no memories, no past, and a neurodivergence that allows her to become John Smith's top spy at the Library.
Jessica is a child on Olympia whose neurodivergence and aptitude for spycraft emerges while Nan is on planet for a well deserved vacation. Nan takes Jessica under her wing, training her as a Librarian and giving her a purpose.
Set in the time between Survey and Unity, Nan and Jessica reveal hidden truths that will set the stage for protecting not only the soul of the nation of Survey, but the future of humanity.
Book 7: Zeno's Quicksand (2027)
Approximately twenty years after Mercury leaves Survey space, Captain Janis, his nephew Nico, and the rest of the crew are celebrating their approach to the halfway point between the Milky Way and Andromeda. When Mercury suddenly shuts down, leaving the ship stranded, the crew, along with the Elders that have taken residence on the ship, fight to survive in near total darkness.
When they miss their regular check-in with Survey, Loki and Nemetona are sent to figure out what happened. What the AIs and their crews find, however, is much more than they, and Mercury's crew, could ever have imagined.
Book 7.5: A Tank Walks into a Tavern (Novella – 2027)
Derek, now Captain of Midway Station, has a problem. While he was excited to get his bots and explore more of Mercury's World, being Captain of a space station literally in the middle of nowhere isn't all it's cracked up to be. One day he meets Jurg, a tank who accepts Derek's avatar in Mercury's World just as they are, and forms a bond with him that Derek never thought he could have. Now, he has to decide just how far he will go to be who he truly is so he can have what he wants.
Jurg is a new adventurer, kind of awkward, and dealing with the shadow of his older sister who is a famous knight. When he meets Heals-in-Shadows, one of the amphibian Savaran from the southern islands, he's intrigued. Surprising even himself, he asks Heals to travel with him, thus beginning a partnership that becomes something more. However, Heals is hiding something from him, and when he figures it out, he finds out that Heals is much more than he could possibly imagine. But Jurg won't let Heals go and he crosses the boundaries of reality to help them become the person they always should have been.