My newest book is out: The Romara Confrontation. This is book 5 in the Colonial Explorer Corps, and the cross-over between the Krimson Empire and the rest of the Huniverse.

Two civilizations. One planet. No second chances.

Lieutenant Serenity “Siti” Kassis has trained her whole life for first contact missions, but nothing prepares her for this—arriving at a promising new world only to find it already inhabited by an advanced, spacefaring civilization. As acting commander, it’s her call whether to push forward or back away. One wrong move could spark a conflict neither side can afford.

On Lunesco, Quinn Templeton is expecting a quiet lunch with an old friend when the planetary defense system flags an unidentified ship in orbit. Since the revolution, she’s learned to negotiate, but first contact with an unknown species? That’s a whole new challenge.

Siti and Quinn could navigate mistrust, politics, and the weight of history to build something neither of their people expected—a future together. But they have to meet first. And something--or someone--is trying to keep them apart.

You don't have to have read Krimson Empire to enjoy this book–although you'll get a lot of backstory about Quinn, Tony, Sashelle, and the rest if you do. You definitely should read the first four books of the Colonial Explorer Corps first (although you can get away with just reading book 4.) Luckily for you, I have books 1-3 on sale right now to make that easy! Book 1 is free, world-wide. Books 2 and 3 are on Kindle Countdowns, which means they're on sale in the US and UK. (Amazon's rules, not mine!) And the whole series is currently in Kindle Unlimited, so you can read for free if you have a KU subscription.

Come with Siti to discover the Krimson Empire!

Also, if you like audio–I've just added the second CEC book, The Grissom Contention, to a new platform called Spoken.press. This is a robot-voice platform. (Yes, I know everyone calls it AI, but I have to tell you, it IS NOT intelligent. However, it is pretty amazing.) The voices on this platform are remarkably good for robots, and since Spoken focuses on multi-voice narration, this book is more like a radio-drama than a regular audiobook.

If you avoid AI, I respect that. But this platform allows me to get books that aren't earning enough to pay a human narrator into the hands–and ears–of people who can't read or who can't see well enough to read. Like my brother, whose eyesight was damaged. I'm offering these audiobooks free on YouTube (as soon as Spoken sends me the files, I'll get The Grissom Contention up there) in hopes of monetizing and eventually earning enough to pay a real person to record it. This is my way of supporting human narration without going bankrupt. So if you listen, please like, subscribe, and share with friends.

If you're looking for human-narrated audio, my original Space Janitor series is also on that YouTube channel in addition to being for sale on my Payhip store and all the usual audiobook retailers.

And the amazing Rachel Music is currently working on Changing the Speed of Lightbulbs. I can't wait!

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