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Each series stands alone — pick your path based on what you already love.
The Space Outlaw
Battle a rigged LitRPG System alongside a trigger-happy operator and a rogue elf pilot.
Love Firefly / The Expanse? Board the ShipThe Sleuth
Dive into a hardboiled mystery where faith is currency and everyone's a suspect.
Love Noobtown / The Land? Uncover the TruthThe Cultivator
Level up with a snarky protagonist using arcane progression to dominate Dark Age Cornwall.
Love Cradle / Primal Hunter? Begin the QuestThe Soldier
A psychic marine deployed against an alien horde — think Starship Troopers meets X-Men.
Love Galaxy's Edge / Terran Fleet? Deploy NowBoy's Own Adventures
Bikes, walkie-talkies, and the kind of trouble you don't tell the grown-ups about. Classic adventure, written for the next reader in your house.
Hardy Boys meets Stranger Things? Start the AdventureRaconteur Press
Pulp anthologies in every flavour — weird tales, hardboiled noir, monster-hunter horror, space-opera mayhem. One sitting, one story.
Love Black Mask / Weird Tales? Browse the AnthologiesMorgan and Merlin's Excellent Adventures
Cultivation, reincarnation, and a fun, snarky protagonist in Dark Age Cornwall.
Audiobooks performed by Jess Nahikian
1. Welcome to the Dark Ages
Reincarnated into Dark Age Cornwall with Merlin's ghost offering "helpful" commentary. Our timeline is probably doomed.
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Next: The Soar ChroniclesThe Soar Chronicles
A gripping mystery series where every clue leads deeper into the shadows.
Audiobooks performed by Neil Hellegers
1. Murder in the Temple
A low-Level PI with no Class, no god, and a very punchable face. Welcome to Soar, where faith is currency and murder's part of the market.
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Next: Psyker MarinePsyker Marine
also known as the Galactic Invasion series · published as Jake Malory
Weaponized minds. Galactic war. The ultimate combat-focused LitRPG experience.
Produced by Royal Guard | Performed by Matthew Michael Lewis and Renee Nolen
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James Thorne wasn't supposed to matter. Then the aliens came, and it turns out a pissed-off Psyker Marine matters quite a lot.
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Binge the entire war with the Psyker Marine Omnibus.
Meet the crew of the galaxy's most broken ship.
Next: Arcane GalaxyArcane Galaxy
published as Jake Malory
A trigger-happy SAS operator, an elf pilot, and a broken ship against an unforgiving LitRPG System.
A Space Western LitRPG co-authored with Troy Osgood.
Published by Aethon Books | Narrated by Daniel Wisniewski
1. Chaos Protocols
Progression has never been so messy. Will the galaxy survive Rivers' brand of chaos?
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Next: Punish the SystemPunish the System
A gritty nightmare of a sci-fi LitRPG where surviving means tearing the establishment down.
Co-authored with Cassius Lange.
Connor Keene died, got resurrected as a Punisher, and now the whole world hates him for trying to save it. His backup? An insane System Sprite and a partner sharing her mind with a murder-lizard.
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Next: Raconteur PressRaconteur Press Anthologies
I've contributed short stories to these unapologetic pulp fiction collections. They are built for pure entertainment—action-packed, fast-paced science fiction and fantasy written to bring the fun back to reading for pulp-lovers everywhere.
THE MUSE
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The Muse Within Us
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Next: Boy's Own AdventuresBoy's Own Adventures
Classic heroics are back. We are returning to the golden age of storytelling for young men, focusing on courage, exploration, and thrilling escapades. These tales leave the modern messaging behind, delivering pure, high-stakes fun designed to capture a boy's imagination and ignite a lifelong love of reading.
The Weird Map in Mr Glimm's Skull
Part Hardy Boys, part Cold War spy thriller, part Stranger Things — with just a touch of horror. Written for my son.
Terror from the Deep
A digital detox in a sleepy Welsh village turns into a war for ancient technology on the ocean floor. Twelve-year-old Josiah is cut off from his family and trapped on a prototype submarine — with a strange connection to the creature guarding the deep. To save his brother, he'll have to unleash it.
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