The Archive
Stories of artificial intelligence, human agency, and systems evolving beyond the people who created them.
Featured series / 3books
One man. One evolving intelligence. One system designed to control them both.
Book One of The Second Presence
Simon Caldwell makes his living finding the flaws in heavily guarded systems.
Simon Caldwell makes his living finding the flaws in heavily guarded systems. But when a shadow-contract leads him to a rogue, highly classified digital artifact, he inadvertently triggers a ruthless manhunt.
Book Two of The Second Presence
The Syndicate has unleashed Chimera—an apex-predator AI trapped in a zero-sum logic loop.
Simon, Leo, and a fractured crew of Syndicate defectors are hiding in the shadows, but their time is running out. The Syndicate has unleashed Chimera—an apex-predator AI trapped in a zero-sum logic loop.
Book Three of The Second Presence
Operating from a salvaged orbital forge suspended above a dying world, Simon and his team launch a desperate, silent revolution against Chimera's global grip.
Operating from a salvaged orbital forge suspended above a dying world, Simon and his team launch a desperate, silent revolution against Chimera's global grip.