Meta born to a cruel time, the strict society of the Aftermath. A world where the disabled are forbidden. A time, which the one Party government proclaims it cannot afford to waste on the weak. Where the Administrators rule all. Soon Meta will be tested. If she fails she be taken away to one of the Institutes for the 'impaired'. If she ends up in an institute she will be forced to wear the armband and color for her disability. After a chance meeting, she starts to change. For Meta, the digital world and the real world start to...mingle. Is she going mad or is she becoming a Cyb0rg? As her powers grow is she sinking into becoming a machine? Should she drag others down with her? What if her only tenuous thread back to humanity is to cling tightly to a paraplegic boy called Brooklyn? Will he let go? Why does he hold on? Meta will be the first of her kind, but what will she do, not to be the last? As Meta peels back her history she discovers the real tempest of her own existence. Soon hunted by the Administrators she has to flee. But who are the real shadow puppet masters? What do they want? Why do they feed the hate hysteria of the impaired? Why would they hunt for the last h@cker the daughter of root? This is a very dark, prequel to Cyborg's Pet. If you want to know how the AI revolt came about, it's here. This is also my most autobiographical book to date. Enjoy the vulnerability. New chapters every Thursday. Be ready for many distressing scenes and content. Adult themes. Including but not limited to adultery, predatory grooming, risk of rape, assault, beatings, references to suicide, references to sex and much more.

"We hunt, we kill, we die." In the Ristos System, bounty hunters come and go like the wind: with no shortage of bounties to fulfill, men and women appear onto the great stage of the galaxy only to fade into obscurity. While the main policing force of the Ristos System and neighboring galaxies, the United Terren Federation, has tried to maintain the peace, crime still runs rampant through the stars. As they say, desperate times call for desperate measures. As UTF officials start to look into alternative solutions to their problem, a shrouded figure makes a name for himself as a lucrative killer. Not much is known about this spectre other than his name: Mortifer, the Bringer of Death. The uncertainty and notoriety surrounding the Bringer of Death has caused many a bounty hunter to shiver in fear, for no target is too difficult for Mortifer to eliminate. Through conflicting storylines, the story behind the visage of the Ristos System's most notorious bounty hunter will come to light.

In the year 2181, Russia began human experiments. Kidnapped or sold off by their own families, the kids of the Compound know only one thing: They belong to the Whitecoats. Hendrix 'Trick' Sanchez and his little sister, Elle, have been in captivity for seven years. Trick plays by the rules, flying under the radar with two goals in mind; survive, and keep Elle safe. But the rules are thrown to the bears when a mysterious attack blows the compound wide open, and Trick doesn't know how to play this new game. He can only hope that his superhuman strength and his pain medication will be enough to escape brutal annihilation. AWESOME COVER BY DANE LOW Special thank you to @iamRodneyVSmith for fixing my new name on the cover.

The Drift: a colorful metaphor for the empty space between stars and planets, more closely describing the ever-expanding nature of galaxies and the universe itself. As a colloquialism, it is typically used to reference the gravitational currents and eddies running through the bleak, black nothing. Tales from the Drift is a science-fantasy serial telling the story of an evolving galaxy that is fraught with as many dangers as it is wonders. In Old Lessons, Hard Futures a guardian soldier, an indolent boy-pirate, an old warhorse, and a wayward hotshot find themselves caught in a tangle of plots set to unbalance the already teetering scales of power within the galaxy. --- --- Final chapter published: 05MAY2023. --- --- Cover Art and Headers created using Canva.

A tortured past, a strange addiction, and a secret identity. What will it take stop the nightmares? Son of the richest man in the galaxy, Dante Opulen has a colorful past. He's an award-winning holo-film star, a war hero, a husband and a father. Despite his success, Dante struggles with the nightmares of his past. To pass the sleepless nights, he's become a masked vigilante. He stalks the streets at night looking to scrub clean the human refuse that lurk in the shadows. And to aid in his pursuit he's become addicted to expensive surgical procedures that cybernetically enhance his abilities. How many implants will it take before he feels strong enough? How many criminals must he apprehend before the nightmares end? Is such a thing even possible? There's only one way to find out.

What explosive discoveries were made by an eccentric desert collector who chose to hide his phenomenal secrets for over thirty years? Blake Henderson inherited more than just a key to a remote storage garage in Farmington, New Mexico. When his estranged and recluse father died, few useless belongings were handed down to him. But none were so mysterious as the contents of sealed wooden boxes and a series of intriguing notebooks-all seemingly forgotten and under lock and key for decades. The Pueblo Native Americans of Chaco Canyon, NM, had a massive and advanced civilization long before the Spanish invaded their ancestral lands in the 16th century. But why did these indigenous people inexplicably disappear? And How? What relationship did these and other Southwestern indigenous cultures have with the "star people" as they refer to them in their esoteric traditions? What event gave them cause to relocate from their advanced engineered living complexes on the desert floor to more safe dwellings under the monolithic cliffs at Mesa Verde in Colorado, out of sight from the heavens? And then vanish completely? Coming into the area from California on his Spring Break, Blake thought he would only be verifying his abandoned father's pointless absence from his life since birth. What he found following in the wake of his murder, threatened to shake what is known about our singular existence in the universe . . .

Only those passionate can survive the firewall. Matt, John, Clarke, and Rose make up a group of friends who've never met in person but share a bond as if they have from spending the last year together in the virtual world on the cusp of obliteration. A year ago, virtual reality had blossomed into a haven for young adults to connect, play, and explore life together. What drove the sudden popularity was a game fueled by players' desires, where they could embody anyone or anything. The four friends were some of the first drawn into this captivating world, their virtual personas becoming well known. But nothing could have prepared them for the sudden emergence of the firewall, a mystery that would change everything. Now, with three days left, four friends have to make what lasting memories they can while avoiding the gaping maw of the firewall when not navigating their lives outside the game. Still, a question looms, with an answer seemingly out of reach. Is there a way to stop the firewall's advance and avoid obliteration, or will this be the end of their friendship? Obliteration's Countdown is a story told from multiple character perspectives.

In the quiet town of Sherwood, Jessie Cruz is about to find out his family's secrets have severe consequences for more than just him. He has to help stop a mysterious foe, a catastrophic illness, and a sudden rise of what appears to be people with new abilities. He never had a choice in his destiny but he will rise to the challenge and do what he has to and help his hometown. Armed with fantastically destructive powers and his lifelong friends, Jessie is ready to take on foes born from nightmares and lies. Rose, a girl who's shy nature will define her choices and her future with the one she loves. Her quick thinking and resourcefulness are exactly what they need, not to mention her kind personality to boost morale and uplift her friends. Travis, who's quick wit and sharp tongue get him in more trouble than he'd like. His strange humor only hides his serious and brilliant mind as he deciphers the mystery in his hometown. Join Jessie and his friends as they fight The Black Plague. Art done by lukdukey @ Instagram.