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A broken class. A ruined forge. One chance to prove the system wrong.
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Fifteen available ebooks across five series.
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World 01 LitRPG & progression fantasy
The Unranked Forge
Power is earned. Belonging is built.
For readers who like inventive abilities, earned advancement and teams worth fighting for.
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02 Continue the journey
The fastest path to power comes at someone else’s expense.
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03 Complete the trilogy
To free the unranked, Renn must choose what kind of power deserves to survive.
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World 02 Military science fiction
The Relay War
Duty reaches beyond the chain of command.
For readers drawn to outmatched crews, frontier conflicts and command decisions with consequences.
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The relay is silent. The evacuation order is wrong.
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A broken fleet. A trapped colony. A commander with no easy orders.
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03 Complete the trilogy
The only way home runs through a conspiracy at the heart of command.
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World 03 Investigative action thriller
The Trace Protocol
Follow the evidence. Protect the people.
For readers who want tight investigations, hard-earned trust and a conspiracy with a human face.
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01 Begin the adventure
An auditor disappears. The money trail does not.
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02 Continue the journey
When the signal dies, the witness becomes the target.
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03 Complete the trilogy
A witness, a false emergency, and one chance to reach daylight.
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World 04 Adventure epic fantasy
The Ember Road Covenant
Some promises are worth a kingdom.
For readers who follow unlikely companions, costly magic and courage beyond the throne.
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A living ember. A dying boundary. A promise that changes the road.
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The bridge remembers every broken promise.
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03 Complete the trilogy
The power to unite a kingdom is also the power to bind it.
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World 05 Survival & post-collapse fiction
The Long Grid
The world goes dark. We do not have to.
For readers who seek urgent journeys, complicated family bonds and hope earned one choice at a time.
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01 Begin the adventure
Three days to reach shelter. A lifetime of distance to cross.
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Keeping the lights on may take more than one man can give.
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03 Complete the trilogy
A fragile refuge must decide who belongs.
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The Vanishing Ledger
An auditor disappears. The money trail does not.
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Scrapbound Initiate
A broken class. A ruined forge. One chance to prove the system wrong.
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Dead Channel Witness
When the signal dies, the witness becomes the target.
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Extraction at First Light
A witness, a false emergency, and one chance to reach daylight.
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The Unranked Citadel
To free the unranked, Renn must choose what kind of power deserves to survive.
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The Crown We Refuse
The power to unite a kingdom is also the power to bind it.
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The Ashkeeper’s Charge
A living ember. A dying boundary. A promise that changes the road.
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The Bridge of Broken Vows
The bridge remembers every broken promise.
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Relay Nine Goes Dark
The relay is silent. The evacuation order is wrong.
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Seventy Hours to Winter
Three days to reach shelter. A lifetime of distance to cross.
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A Light Worth Keeping
A fragile refuge must decide who belongs.
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Gate of Borrowed Power
The fastest path to power comes at someone else’s expense.
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The Valley Without Power
Keeping the lights on may take more than one man can give.
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Fleet of the Unclaimed
The only way home runs through a conspiracy at the heart of command.
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Meet the authors
Meet your next favorite author.
Distinct genre identities.
A shared commitment to a story worth finishing.
Our authors publish under pen names to protect their personal and professional privacy. Biographical details are intentionally limited to preserve anonymity.
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Darian VeylanProgression fantasy
Darian Veylan
Darian Veylan writes LitRPG and progression fantasy about underestimated heroes, earned power and unlikely alliances. His stories turn discarded tools into possibilities and make every advance carry a cost. Beneath the battles and branching paths lies a persistent question: what can someone build when the world has already decided what they are worth?
The author writes under a pen name to protect personal and operational privacy following a career involving specialized law-enforcement and government work.
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Garran HoltwickMilitary sci-fi
Garran Holtwick
Garran Holtwick writes military science fiction about crews under pressure, difficult orders and the people who live with the consequences. His stories favor resourceful teams over invincible commanders, and hard-won trust over easy certainty. Beyond the last reliable signal, duty becomes a choice made one person at a time.
The author writes under a pen name to protect personal and operational privacy following a career involving specialized law-enforcement and government work.
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Calder BreckAction thriller
Calder Breck
Calder Breck writes investigative action thrillers about missing evidence, dangerous bargains and people who refuse to look away. His stories begin with the detail that does not fit, then follow its consequences into the lives of those with the most to lose. The truth matters most when someone is depending on it.
The author writes under a pen name to protect personal and operational privacy following a career involving specialized law-enforcement and government work.
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Torin AshwardAdventure fantasy
Torin Ashward
Torin Ashward writes adventure fantasy about costly promises, unlikely companions and the purpose of power. His worlds hold broken roads, stubborn communities and magic that asks something in return. His heroes are measured less by the crowns within reach than by the promises they choose to keep.
The author writes under a pen name to protect personal and operational privacy following a career involving specialized law-enforcement and government work.
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Silas FenholtSurvival fiction
Silas Fenholt
Silas Fenholt writes survival and post-collapse fiction about strained families, practical courage and communities that choose to rebuild together. His stories find tension in small decisions under great pressure, with repair and reconciliation as important as endurance. Sometimes the most difficult journey is the one that brings people back to each other.
The author writes under a pen name to protect personal and operational privacy following a career involving specialized law-enforcement and government work.
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Tavren MosswickSurvival LitRPG
Tavren Mosswick
Tavren Mosswick writes survival LitRPG for readers who like their victories earned. His stories follow resourceful crews through dangerous places, where a clever build is only as useful as the people willing to fight beside you. Expect visible progression, rough humor, and choices that can cost more than the loot is worth.
Writing under a pen name to protect personal and professional privacy.
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The Wayfinder Compact
- The Breach Below
- The Hungry Vault
- No Kingdom Above
A new three-book series. Release dates to be announced.
Ellis RookmereInvestigative crime fiction
Ellis Rookmere
Ellis Rookmere writes crime fiction about the work of turning suspicion into proof. His investigators return to disputed cases, listen when accounts conflict, and follow evidence that can unsettle an entire community. A conclusion has to survive scrutiny, and the people pursuing it have to live with what it costs.
Writing under a pen name to protect personal and professional privacy.
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The Northwater Case Review
- The Second Inventory
- The Shoreline Witness
- The Winter Finding
A new three-book series. Release dates to be announced.
Adrian KestwickLegal suspense
Adrian Kestwick
Adrian Kestwick writes legal thrillers in which a clause on a page can change a community’s future. His stories put capable lawyers under pressure from powerful opponents while the people depending on them have little time to wait. Courtroom strategy matters, but every legal victory must answer to its consequences outside the courthouse.
Writing under a pen name to protect personal and professional privacy.
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The Public Interest Files
- The Silent Covenant
- The Distance Between Courts
- The Public Record
A new three-book series. Release dates to be announced.
Marek StonewellAction and rescue thrillers
Marek Stonewell
Marek Stonewell writes action thrillers built around difficult rescues. His stories follow capable teams into places where plans fail, time runs short, and someone has a reason to keep the truth from coming out alive. Survival depends on judgment and cooperation, with every person brought home carrying a share of the story.
Writing under a pen name to protect personal and professional privacy.
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The Extraction Window
- The Ninety-Minute Floor
- Below the Safe Line
- The Last Safe Crossing
A new three-book series. Release dates to be announced.
Corin BellgravePsychological crime and family suspense
Corin Bellgrave
Corin Bellgrave writes psychological crime fiction about families whose familiar stories no longer add up. An inheritance, a missing name, or a room kept ready can open a question someone has spent years avoiding. His fiction follows the strain of investigating people you love while deciding what loyalty still requires.
Writing under a pen name to protect personal and professional privacy.
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The Wardell Inheritance
- The Unclaimed Room
- The Place Kept Empty
- The House We Leave
A new three-book series. Release dates to be announced.
Reid HaldenMilitary action thrillers
Reid Halden
Reid Halden writes military action thrillers about people forced to question the orders they are trusted to carry out. His stories follow small teams facing compromised missions, where technical judgment matters and the cost of a mistake falls on people they cannot abandon. The action turns on loyalty tested by choices under pressure.
Writing under a pen name to protect personal and professional privacy.
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The Countermand Files
- The Borrowed Kill Order
- The Dead Inventory
- The Countermand
First three titles in a planned five-book series. Release dates to be announced.
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Not just a bigger enemy. A harder choice.
Iron Meridian Press is a fiction imprint built around fast-moving adventures, capable characters and loyalty tested under pressure. From broken forges to silent relays, the stories ask what courage costs—and what is worth protecting.
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