*** WINNER Silver Medal at the 2024 Readers' Favorites Awards ***
WINNER - Literary Titan Gold Book Award
WINNER - Author Shout Top Pick Award
WINNER - Book of the Earth 2024
FINALIST - American Writing Awards 2024

Can ideals triumph over greed? A lunar odyssey where Commander Xanthe Waters battles for mankind’s destiny.

Survival hangs on a knife-edge. Commander Xanthe Waters, a visionary leader haunted by her past, steers the groundbreaking Moon base, Olympus, through its darkest hour. As they stand six months into their lunar odyssey, catastrophe strikes, severing their lifeline to an Earth besieged by ecoterrorism, environmental collapse, and a spiralling political maelstrom.

Amid the unforgiving lunar landscape, Olympus teeters on the precipice of transformation. A breakthrough in helium-3 technology redefines its destiny, pivoting from a beacon of human achievement to a critical node in asteroid mining, a sanctuary for climate refugees, and a volatile chess piece in the interstellar power game. Here, in the vacuum of space, the crew must confront not just external dangers but the internal shadows of ambition, jealousy, and fractured loyalties.

At the heart of this maelstrom stands Xanthe Waters, whose leadership is tested like never before. Torn between duty and a suppressed longing for fellow designer Troy Bruin, she grapples with the weight of decisions where every choice reverberates through the void. Alongside her, a diverse crew of characters must confront their own personal demons while treading the thin line between survival and self-destruction.

Olympus Bound is a thrilling sci-fi epic that expertly weaves together themes of space exploration, political intrigue, ecological disasters, and the human drama of survival in an alien environment. For fans of speculative fiction giants like Kim Stanley Robinson, Neal Stephenson, and Margaret Atwood, this novel is a compelling journey through the trials of establishing humanity's first foothold beyond Earth.

Join Xanthe and her crew on this harrowing adventure as they navigate not only the perils of space but the intricate labyrinth of human dynamics, where the future of humanity is forged amidst the stars.

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After a devastating global pandemic, Irina Karrigan is left to raise her son in a hollowed-out world. Determined to build a better life, she embarks on a perilous 400-mile journey to Ferndale, California, guided by a flyer promising a new start. There, instead of a thriving community, she finds Rafael Delgado, a widowed father, also striving to create a brighter future for his daughter. Together, they embark on a remarkable quest to build a new, better society from the wreckage of the past. As more survivors join their fledgling community and Irina and Rafael confront the harsh realities of a world forever changed, they find their ideals tested and their bonds strengthened. This poignant novel explores the challenges of survival, the complexities of rebuilding civilization, and the enduring power of human connection.

The Town at the End of the World series is a gripping speculative fiction saga set in the haunting ruins of a post-apocalyptic world. Grounded in realism and high-stakes survival, it weaves unconventional love stories with action and political intrigue. Featuring complex, multifaceted characters, the series delves into the challenges of relationships, government, and human connection in a fractured and dangerous world.

It's a dead man’s party...

Miguel Hernandez lives in the San Joaquin Valley in a blue-collar town. The hardworking son of a farmer, he gets word that his true love is back in town.

Indeed, Miranda is back for Spring Break, and she’s throwing an unforgettable celebration for all her friends. But when Miguel and his sidekick, Vance, show up uninvited, things don’t go as expected.

Not only does Miranda express her anger at their intrusion alongside her new boyfriend, but there is also an unsettling development related to a recently popularized designer drug everyone is taking...

Something is gravely amiss with its effects—deeply troubling and far from ordinary.

And when some of the party-goers start taking bites out of other guests, Miguel finds himself not only fighting for his girl but fighting for his life...

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Author's Note: Based on your valuable feedback, I have simplified many names, terms, and mechanics. Key terms and their explanations have been moved forward and thoughtfully distributed throughout the plot. Thank you for your input—enjoy!

The planet Terram is submerged in an endless informational storm that leaves encoded patterns all over the earth. Light, sound, and information reflect in a special way, driving the planet’s creatures through predefined thoughts and emotions, affecting their choices and evolution.

Only one kind of creature is immune to the storms – the thaumaturge. Distant relatives of wizards, thaumaturges feel, think, and weave information that adds a unique pattern to the environment, corroding the existing Informational Order bit by bit.

Aneralt is the only thaumaturge student at the school of Kakhard-Toon. He has dedicated most of his life to studying the informational storms. His research leads him to a terrifying realization: this isn’t just a natural phenomenon—there’s a hidden conspiracy threatening the entire human race.

His discovery throws him into a conflict with the all-powerful Omnigods, where his only ally is his wild element—an animated fire that lives at the bottom of his earring.

The Puppet of the Omnigods blends Epic Fantasy and Science Fiction, the result of eight years of world-building and a mix of quantum physics and information technologies.

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WINNER: First Place 2023 Writer's Digest E-Book Awards for for Science Fiction.

Numbers don't lie. But people do.

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Boogie Wu was supposed to be a genius success story: child math prodigy, Stanford PhD, rising star at Magenta Labs. Then she burned out, flamed out, and disappeared.

Now, years later, the trillion-dollar company that cast her aside has launched a startlingly skillful AI. It drives. It cooks. It thinks. It takes more and more jobs from humans. And Boogie’s long-lost proof—the one she cracked in a sensory deprivation tank in rural Japan—might be the code running underneath it all.

As old friends resurface, whistleblowers go silent, and protest turns violent, Boogie is pulled back into a web of ambition, regret, and dangerous invention. She thought solving the math was the hard part. But when your mind is the blueprint for a machine that could reshape the world, Boogie must decide: expose the truth and risk everything, or fight a machine intelligence that knows her better than she knows herself.

Set in a future so near you can touch it, Cloudthinker is a profound and propulsive new thriller that confronts big tech, memory and consciousness, and what it means to be human.

Selected Reader Reviews:
????? "Crackling near-term, hard-SF dawn-of-AGI novel. More ideas per page than any book I've read in ages... Rather than worrying about whether AI understands in a way that would satisfy a philosopher, he asks whether they feel in a way that would terrify an ethicist." - Harry B.

????? "WOW. I always hope but never expect a book to be this good! How much did I ENJOY it?... and on a scale of 1-10 this was 17-19 or something!" - Randy F.

????? "This book will take you down the winding trail of "what ifs" that are fast becoming a reality for all of us. Thrilling and thought provoking. I forgot this was a work of fiction several times." - Joe S.

????? "In many ways, Cloudthinker feels like a movie waiting for a screenplay." - Jules K

????? "The timeliness of the AI progression nailed it, I think - everything from Wuhan to the current state of language models felt like the changes were worryingly plausible" - Sean R.

????? "You can read it as a philosophical and ethical journey into some of the most interesting topics emerging in today's society." - JT.

????? "I picked it up and read it in a single sitting. And then went back and read it again a few days later. A gripping and engaging story both times!" - Jordan D-M.

????? "This distinctly creative, imaginative, and profound debut novel will delight fans of sci-fi, thrillers/suspense stories, technothrillers, and cyberpunk". - Terri Stepek for Reader Views

????? "Hits the zeitgeist in a big way." - Jennifer Hill for Reedsy Discovery

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"A gripping story of resilience in a world struggling to survive after a massive solar flare. A must-read for fans of post-apocalyptic thrillers." -A.G. Riddle, bestselling author of Winter World and Pandemic

Surviving the end of the world is only the beginning.
When a solar superstorm slams into Earth, it ignites the sky—and wipes out modern civilization. Power grids fail. Satellites fry. Communications collapse.

In Michigan’s remote Upper Peninsula, Shiloh Easton wakes covered in blood. Her grandfather is dead. Her brother is missing. And she remembers nothing. Armed with a crossbow and a fierce resolve, Shiloh vanishes into the forest to find her brother—before the killer finds her.

Eight years ago, Eli Pope was convicted of a murder that shattered the town. Now he’s out, freed on a technicality. Hardened by prison, he returns for vengeance. But Sheriff Jackson Cross—the man who put him away—needs Eli’s help to find the missing kids. But trusting the ex-con who wants him dead may cost Jackson everything.

Sixteen hundred miles away, first responder Lena Easton learns her father is dead, her niece and nephew are missing, and the man who once destroyed her life is free. With her search-and-rescue dog at her side, she heads north—into a world gone dark and dangerous.

From USA Today Bestselling Author Kyla Stone comes the acclaimed apocalyptic survival series exploring the struggle to survive in a shattered world and the perseverance of the human spirit against all odds. A disaster thriller perfect for fans of A.G. Riddle, Dean Koontz, SILO and The Last of Us.

What readers are saying:

"Kyla Stone has written her best so far! I have enjoyed her other series, but this one promises to be even better!" -Amazon reviewer

"Intriguing and suspenseful! Could not put it down!" -Amazon reviewer

"SO GOOD! I literally could not put this book down without a lot of coercing myself to finally get some sleep and finish in the morning. The characters are so complex and well developed - very multi-dimensional and real." -Amazon reviewer

"Another fantastic storyline that I will follow through until it’s ending. Perfect!" -Amazon reviewer

"Loved the mystery intertwined throughout the story!" -Amazon reviewer

"Great tale. Another great read from Kyla Stone, twists and turns and surprises. Five stars." -Amazon reviewer

"Movie worthy! Whew! Excellent read. Character development, plotting, scene setting, and masterful handling of the combined genres are beautifully done. This was one of those books I kept turning into a screenplay as I read!" -Amazon reviewer

"One of her best! There are times I find myself being so caught up in the excitement of the story that I become afraid to read on from fear that something bad is going to happen to the characters." -Amazon reviewer

"This was a fast paced, phenomenal, post apocalyptic book. It is character driven, with many twists and turns. I found myself wanting more, and unable to put it down!" -Amazon reviewer

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