Books

The Library So Far

Novels, novellas, and the occasional strange thing in between.

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Starbonded

A Rising Stars Main List hit on Royal Road

Matthew hides a devastating secret—his starbond failed, the process hijacked by a voice he can't understand and now haunts him with nightmares.

When his family is attacked in a political purge, Matthew faces the terrible truth that in a world where starbonds give power to fight Dark Matter Spawn, his true threat are the monsters of men and before them, he is helpless.

Kidnapped and sold into slavery, Matthew finds himself trapped between a growing wall of anger inside him and the realities of survival. Fighting for life inside brutal conditions, he is ultimately left with one decision: die and allow those who hurt him to go unpunished, or make an eternal sacrifice. Matthew makes his choice, and when he does, a darkness inside his nightmares chooses him back.

Starbonded is a progresssion fantasy, dystopian, and grimdark LitRPG novel built for the Royal Road community and fans of the genre. It is a progression oriented novel, though I must say, the litRPG part comes much later than most would expect, defying some genre cliches which I am actually excited about because now the book’s best story beats drive progression rather than trying to force the reverse.

Starbonded launched in October and ranked on 9 Rising Stars Tags, and four Main Genre Tags for Rising Stars in Fantasy, Adventure, Action, and Tragedy before peaking in the top 30 books on Rising Stars Main in Oct. - Nov. 2026.

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The Great Expansions Book 1: The Seer's Choice

When Michael starts to see cloaked, shadowy figures following his friends at school—figures no one else can see—he is thrust into a world he never believed existed. With his sight of the ghostly figures marking him as a potential, prophesied seer, he is assassinated by an ancient order seeking to rule the lives of men and women in both worlds. Waking up in the world of the Spirit, Michael encounters a battle raging from the dawn of time—one side fighting to close the gates to the great eternal expansions humanity may find, and the other, seeking to fulfill the prophecy to unlock them.

The Great Expansions Book One has been in progress for several years. It is in its 4th draft and the book that is closest to true completion. Early reviews are staggeringly positive and of all the books that I’m excited to publish, it is this series, in which I have five books planned already, for which I am most excited.

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Death Junkies

A time traveling group competes for points by facing danger in apocalyptic catastrophes

Syliva Lancaster, living in pain from family wreckage, is doggedly pursuing a numb life in high school only to one day, after saving the life of a young man caught in an explosion, be offered the chance of lifetimes—to join an elite group known as the Death Junkies—a group traveling through time to catastrophic eras and earning points by proximity to danger and demonstrating feats of incalculable bravery. Having run from the things that caused her the most pain for years, Sylvia is forced to face the things that terrify her the most in the world, and ultimately her heart.

I am excited beyond description to release Death Junkies. The characters and story have surprised me with their compelling nature and it is a privelege to see where the characters go, the challenges they face and overcome.

No work in progress is without its difficulty. And the support from others paves the way for me to actually put out some good.

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Nathan's Journal

Post Apocalyptic Comedy turned Serious

Years after the pandemic cut Nathan's college years short and destroyed civilization on Earth, he wanders the streets of Denver alone.

Embracing the cool air that belongs all to himself, Nathan dances in the streets, sings on the radio, and journals—wishing he'd focused a bit more on dating before he'd lost his chance. But when a solo karaoke session on a longwave radio connects him with May, a young lady surviving with her father in Texas, Nathan doesn't just rediscover human life; he becomes hopelessly, nerdtastically smitten.

Preparing to make the long trek to the only could-you-call-it girlfriend he's ever known, shadows begin to move, and something watches from behind the broken glass of the city. When a young woman and her kid sister escape to his apartment half dead and terrified, with a slaving clan close on their heels, Nathan is suddenly forced westward in a race for survival. Facing hardships that test him to his core, Nathan's innocence of youth is ripped away, leaving him to question if he ever really knew what it meant to love, and whether he'll have the courage to sacrifice himself for something real.

I look forward to finishing this one someday. I stopped when I saw conflicts in my tone shifting between comedic into something heavy and real. It was the first book I ever officially started writing. It was my senior year at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah and I started writing this book the very day the University told students to “go home”, as the covid-19 pandemic shut things down all over the world.

Finishing my day of ‘work’, I sat at my desk in an empty, dark building, the lights in the hallway turning off from lack of students walking past, and dove into a post apocalypitc world that blended lighthearted personality with a hopeless romantic just wanting to break free.