All Universes
Four genres. Fourteen series. 100+ books. Pick a world and start reading.
The Obsidian Front
In 2225, an alien fleet arrives at Earth - "The People," an emotionless coalition of three species executing a 40-year sublight mission to preemptively exterminate humanity as a potential peer competitor. But humans are not the warriors the aliens expected. They are chaos - fractious, inventive, impossible to control, and transformed by every attempt to destroy them. Over four series spanning 125 years (32 books total), humanity fractures, unites, transforms itself through forbidden technologies, and finally takes the war to the alien homeworld. The self-fulfilling prophecy is complete: by trying to prevent humans from becoming a threat, the aliens created exactly what they feared - a bio-AI-replicant hybrid civilization unrecognizable from the humanity of 2125. SERIES ARC: Series 1 (TheFracture 2225-2232): Earth, Mars, and the Outer Rim drift toward civil war while an alien fleet approaches undetected. Series 2 (TheArrival 2232-2240): The People arrive mid-civil war. Three human factions must cooperate or die. Series 3 (TheConvergence 2240-2248): Desperate measures - personality duplication, AI-human fusion. Victory at the cost of transformation. Series 4 (TheReckoning 2248-2256): Humanity takes the war to the alien homeworld. Both species transformed forever. THREE HUMAN FACTIONS: Earth Coalition (The Cradle, 8B): Traditional, hierarchical, entitled. Deep gravity well - cannot evacuate. Mars Confederacy (The Forge, 2B): Innovative, resentful, pragmatic. Key tension: defend Earth or let it die? Outer Rim Synthesis (The Changed, 500M scattered): Post-human, individualistic, technologically extreme. Homo Stellaris - cybernetic/genetic mods + AI neural integration. THE ALIEN THREAT - THE PEOPLE: Nature: Emotionless, efficient, methodical - like a force of nature. Government: Military dictatorship with racist ideology. Philosophy: Pre-emptive extermination of potential peer competitors. Weakness: Cannot adapt, rigid doctrine. Internal Conflict: Reformers oppose dictatorship, help humans in Series 4. CENTRAL THEMES: Self-Fulfilling Prophecy: Aliens attacked to prevent humans becoming a threat. War transformed humans into exactly that threat. Cost of Survival: Every tactical gain has personal cost. Victory that destroys what you fought for. Identity and Consciousness: When you copy your mind into a ship, which one is you? Adaptation vs. Tradition: Aliens = rigid tradition. Humans = chaotic adaptation. NORTH STAR QUESTION: "When humanity becomes unrecognizable to survive extinction - has it won or lost?" The Black universe explores this question across 32 books and 125 years, showing that survival always has a price, victory transforms the victor, and the line between monster and hero is drawn in perspective, not biology.
Bondi Beach Mysteries
Set in post-1948 Sydney, The Bondi Community Detective Agency is a grounded historical cozy mystery where war widows and locals heal by solving low-stakes community crimes without magic or violence. The universe prioritizes "cozy" non-murder mysteries - like theft or neighborhood disputes - solved through observation and conversation rather than forensic science. With its warm tone and authentic period details like tram routes and the War Widows' Guild, the stories focus on emotional recovery and finding new purpose amidst the shifting social landscape of Bondi Beach.
The Forge System
The Forge universe is a hard magic progression fantasy where warring divine pantheons wage cosmic conflict through mortal champions. In a cosmos fueled by collective belief, ordinary humans must master the sacrifice-heavy BOB (Benevolent Omni-Benefactor) system to forge their own fate. The universe spans multiple isolated clusters—Veridian, Kethara, Moana, Thalassia, and the Ironclad Islands—each featuring unique geographical challenges, cultural identities, and divine patrons. Stories follow unlikely heroes who exploit the rules of reality itself to challenge gods, from village builders to refugee drifters to system exceptions who break all the rules. Core themes explore mortal agency versus divine control, the cost of power, found family, and the reconstruction of society after catastrophic divine wars.
The Lexicon of Ash
In a Renaissance-era world where magical guilds enforce a draconian monopoly on knowledge, a printer's apprentice discovers he can mass-produce magical skill books—a power previously thought impossible. As "The Knowledge" system only answers those who already possess secrets, his ability to print and distribute power to the non-magical majority ignites a radical revolution against the noble merchant class. This unique premise blends LitRPG mechanics with the historical terror of the printing press, transforming information warfare into a literal struggle for magic.