The World of Extinction
On Jupiter’s moon Europa, a couple thousand colonists live beneath the ice, far from home and about to become all that’s left of it. When war and an engineered plague erase Earth, Lt. Ryan Braeder, a soldier already haunted by the men he lost, must keep the last of humanity alive. That means rationing that borders on starvation, a colony on the brink of mutiny, and quarantine decisions no one can afford to get wrong.
These are survival stories about scarcity, trust, and the cost of leadership when there’s no one left to call for help. And in the dark, there may be something else out there.
Published by Podium Entertainment.
“An interstellar yarn wrought with suspense and indelible characters.”
—Kirkus Reviews
Book 1
Extinction
In this military sci-fi thriller, a colony on one of Jupiter’s moons will either be the last bastion of human civilization… or ground zero for its extinction.
At long last, humanity has moved beyond Earth and begun seeding new worlds. Colonies extend across the solar system, from Luna to Mars to Saturn’s satellite Titan. Even Jupiter’s moon Europa has become home to a couple thousand brave souls willing to risk their lives adapting to its frozen and deadly landscape.
After his previous mission in Africa ended in a violent uprising in which he lost every man under his command, Lt. Ryan Braeder’s posting to Europa is his last chance to salvage a military career that’s in tatters. Here on Jupiter’s moon, he’s been tasked with easing tensions between the military and an unruly civilian board.
It seems the governor and his cronies are attempting to usurp military command in a play for control. But Braeder’s diplomatic efforts are met with defiance as mistrust grows on both sides, threatening the colony’s safety. And that’s before events Earthside turn his world upside down.
Braeder can only watch helplessly as war erupts on his home planet, releasing a biological plague that sweeps the globe. Supply transports to the colonies are canceled. In a few short months, Braeder’s friends, his family―everyone he has ever known―are dead. The human race hovers on the brink of extinction.
Now, Braeder’s got one chance to save the colony on Europa. Can he implement a ration plan that borders on starvation, avoid a full-blown mutiny, and prevent Earth’s survivors from bringing the deadly plague? One thing’s for sure: the future of his species depends on it.
Book 2
emergence
The last humans in the solar system battle for survival―and encounter an alien AI―in this action-packed military science-fiction thriller.
In the aftermath of a bioengineered plague that wiped out all life on Earth, Jupiter’s Europa colony has become the last bastion of human civilization, and it’s Lt. Ryan Braeder’s job to keep what remains of his species alive. With food and supplies dwindling, he has no choice but to take his last ships on a perilous journey to a dead colony on Ceres in a desperate bid to find provisions and replacement parts.
What Braeder didn’t expect to find on the asteroid, among the barren regolith and deserted buildings, was a mutated virus and a rogue group of Russian scientists. Now, the more threads he pulls, the more he unravels a web of conspiracies, horrifying medical experiments, and a hidden threat that would see his crew marooned on the asteroid.
Meanwhile, back on Europa, Braeder’s second-in-command, Rani Singh, stumbles across an alien artifact buried in the ice sheets. An extraterrestrial intelligence lurks inside, and with the colony’s power failing, Singh frantically searches for a way to communicate with the otherworldly object. However, the artifact seems to have an agenda of its own, and it’s impossible to know if it’s intentions are friendly… or deadly.
Landing March 30, 2027
Book 3
Resurgence
Mars will be the battleground for the fate of humanity—and the future of an alien civilization—in this gripping science-fiction suspense novel.
Against all odds, Lt. Ryan Braeder has kept the colonists on Europa alive, forging the refugees into a community and the ice-covered moon into a home. After a biological plague wiped out Earth’s population, the planet remains uninhabitable, leaving Europa the last bastion of civilization. And its inhabitants’ continued existence is directly related to the ancient artifact discovered beneath the frozen landscape that’s telepathically linked to Braeder.
When a distress signal unexpectedly arrives from a Martian settlement under attack by an army of bloodthirsty mutants, Braeder is forced to mount a rescue mission to save the colonists. Arriving on the Red Planet, he learns the culprit is his old enemy, Wilshire. The Ceres survivor intends to transform Mars’s inhabitants into zombie soldiers, inoculating them against Earth’s plague so he can conquer the planet and remake humanity in his own image.
Outnumbered and outgunned, Braeder must find a way to stop Wilshire once and for all. And he has an unexpected ally in this war: the entity that can not only communicate with him but infuse him with strange powers. But the alien consciousness has objectives of its own, and Braeder must determine if they align with his or if it’s only using him to further its agenda. The survival of the human race depends on it.