The Ocean in the Sky

Happy to announce that The Ocean in the Sky, the long-awaited third book in the Tandemstar: The Outcast Cycle series is now available! The Ocean in the Sky focuses primarily on two previously-seen characters: Dorn Jimbal (first introduced in Two Suns at Sunset and Xto Djbbit (the astronaut last seen at the end of The Madness of Kings.) While never…

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The Madness of Kings on sale NOW!

The Madness of Kings, the second book in Tandemstar: The Outcast Cycle is available as of today! Pick it up wherever you buy your books, in whichever format you prefer: ebook, print, audio. Here’s a link to the book page, and a non-exhaustive list of links. and if you haven’t read book one, Two Suns at…

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Tandemstar: The Madness of Kings on preorder!

We’re making all of the announcements here at once today, folks, because The Madness of Kings, the second book in Tandemstar: The Outcast Cycle, is officially available to preorder, and, it has a cover that you haven’t seen yet! First off, here’s that cover! Second, here are the links to preorder the book. (Ebook only. Print…

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Tandemstar: Two Suns at Sunset release day!

It’s here! The first book in Tandemstar: The Outcast Cycle is now available. You can pick up Two Suns at Sunset in whatever your preferred format—ebook, print, audio—from…well, pretty much wherever you want. Your library may not have it yet and your bookstore might not have it on the shelves yet, but they can, which is…

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Tandemstar: Two Suns at Sunset excerpt

We’re one week away from the release day for book one of Tandemstar: The Outcast Cycle —Two Suns at Sunset This seems like a good time for a sneak peek at the book! Enjoy!   Two Suns at Sunset Chapter One The clanging on the radiator pipe woke up Makk about ten minutes before his…

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Tandemstar: Two Suns at Sunset in audio

Way back in the halcyon days of, oh, April, 2019, I made a number of discrete choices regarding how to plan out the next few years of my writing career. They were as follows: write a standalone apocalypse book to sell to the publisher; plan and self-publish a new sci-fi series to fill in the…

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Tandemstar: World Map

I have learned, over the years, that I’m not the most visual of people. When presented with a list of numbers (an Excel sheet, say) and a graph of those same numbers, I learn more from the list than from the graph. Worse, when presented with only the graph, I generally need someone to either explain…

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Tandemstar: The Planet Dib

Space Tower

As we approach the release date for the first book in the Tandemstar series (Two Suns at Sunset, Book One in the Outcast Cycle) I thought it’d better carve out some time to discuss the planet itself. Specifically, let’s talk about something that has always bothered me about created universes in works of fiction. Let’s…

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The Tandemstar project

Two Suns at Sunset cover

Just about a year ago, I had an idea for something bigger. At the time, the sixth book of the Immortal series, Immortal: Last Call didn’t yet exist. (Although I had begun writing it.) I knew it was going to end up being the final book for Adam, if not forever then for a while. Understand that for…

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