The Reso star system haunts Captain Aliyn Flynn's dreams. Sent on a high-risk mission to uncover its secrets, she and the enigmatic Tyr Logan must find the truth before it's too late for the galaxy. *** Across the Milky Way, the Reso system is feared. Its gas giant, Plenare, destroys any ship that ventures too close. After a narrow escape from Reso, Aliyn Flynn and her crew draw the attention of Earth's government---and are thrust into a mission to uncover what lies within it. Complicating everything is Tyr Logan, her newly assigned executive officer-brilliant, guarded, and impossible to ignore. To uncover the truth, they must decipher a secret buried deep in the past---one that could reshape everything they know--and determine the fate of everything they hold dear. [[Word count: 100,000-150,000 words]] Content warning: Violence Watty Winner 2017

"Can you picture in your mind's space a single solid colour? Now, whilst you are probably imagining a fiery red or a cooling blue, a joyful yellow or neon green, the human teenager chasing the horizon in the gunmetal grey, open-topped speeder, was seeing a colour that didn't exist. A colour that was in no way a shade or variation of any existing colour, but completely unique, distinct and separate, just as black is to white..." Stuck on a wasteland of a planet, working for a tentacled Don at the head of a criminal empire, Ky Falls is a reckless, hate-filled 19 year-old boy, doing everything he can to get his ship back and escape. Haunted by a tragic past that comes back in echoing flashbacks and sinister dreams, Ky can't help his unrelenting need to unlock the answers to his past, whilst all the while dark and twisted entities at the head of the ruling Federation, writhe in the shadows and attempt to end his future.

A star-faring religious cult has created an army of robotic zealots designed to follow holy scripture. As the robotic menace spreads across the galaxy, it takes prisoners to be 'excommunicated': hooked into a neural simulation of eternal torment. Captain Rolland Barron leads the Sol Federation Starship Excalibur on a diplomatic mission. Cassia LaCroix is a wormhole hunter, earning a living scouring the galaxy for valuable tunnels through space-time. Prince Zoojin, a psychic alien from a distant galaxy, must prove himself worthy of the throne of Paxis Prime. The paths of these characters converge as they pursue their own motives, leading them towards the mechanical legion that is sweeping across the galaxy. COVER BY: rentachi AUTHOR'S NOTE: this is an early draft of the novel. I am very grateful for your readership and your feedback, which I have taken into consideration for a major rewrite. The new novel is completely different. If you liked the book, then please look forward to the release of the finished novel.