Looking for a specific trope or type of book? Here’s a handy list to navigate my books.

1. The Realm War Chronicles (including Champion of the Kashmari, Shackles of a Mountain Lord, and Lightbound)

Primary Subgenres

Science Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, Military Speculative Fiction

Core Tropes and Story Elements

  • Desert gladiator
  • Gladiator who uses alchemy and magical elixirs
  • Lost futuristic technology & salvaged ancient machinery
  • Desert-scouring tanks & armored desert vehicles
  • Ancient demonic entities & corrupt mages / dark magic systems (Kashmari magic vs. hard magic systems)
  • Norse mythology-inspired, Norse gods
  • Character-driven resilience & battered underdog protagonists
  • Wasteland survival & oppression in desert city-states
  • Relic hunting, ancient ruins, and alchemical scavenging

Setting and Environment

Sun-bleached desert wastes, ancient arena arenas, subterranean ruins, harsh desert wastes, oppressive citadel cities, frozen mountains, dark haunted necropolis, Russia-inspired mountains

Tone and Pacing

Gritty, tactical, action-heavy, visceral, dark yet resilient, character growth, light in the darkness.

Target Audience / Read-Alikes

Ideal for readers who enjoy the desert arena combat of Bradley P. Beaulieu (Twelve Kings in Sharakhai), the tactical military/demonic grit of Django Wexler (The Shadow Campaigns), the Norse warrior spirit of T.L. Greylock (The Song of the Ash Tree), and the wasteland tech-salvage of Luke Scull (The Grim Company). Also ideal for readers who enjoy the character-driven resilience, battered martial protagonists, desperate close-quarters fighting, political fallout of K.S. Villoso (The Bitch Queen trilogy), the Norse-inspired mythology, vengeful gods, and harsh survival of H.M. Long (Hall of Smoke, The Four Pillars quartet), the high-violence grimdark, brutal arena/battlefield slaughter, and dark cosmic entities of Anna Smith Spark (The Court of Broken Knives, Empires of Dust trilogy).

2. The Emberlight Archive (including The Wolf Who Stands Watch, Mark of the Dying Light, and Maw of the Abyss)

Primary Subgenres

Space Opera, Science Fantasy, Bounty Hunter Sci-Fi, Character-Driven Sci-Fi.

Core Tropes and Story Elements

  • Planet-wide space capitals & sprawling galactic empires
  • High-stakes bounty hunting & lone-wolf mercenaries
  • Lone wolf bounty hunter
  • Sci-fi novellas & companion short stories
  • Protector and reluctant guardian dynamics
  • Ancient relics & technological mystery
  • Fringe colony worlds, ancient stellar relics
  • Galactic empire underworlds

Setting and Environment

Planet-covering urban landscapes, deep space outposts, starships, fringe colony worlds, fading stellar systems.

Tone and Pacing

Atmospheric, tense, character-focused, mystery-driven, action-adventure

Target Audience / Read-Alikes

Ideal for readers seeking character-focused space opera, bounty hunter thrillers, and science-fantasy crossovers combining space exploration with mysterious cosmic forces. Perfect for readers who enjoy the Fast-paced space opera blending galactic empires, starship crews, and rogue-adjacent tactical action of Glynn Stewart (Starship’s Mage / Duchy of Terra series), the “scoundrels and mercenaries with heart in a gritty galaxy” tone of Mike Brooks (The Keiko series), the A renegade captain, ancient galactic secrets, bounty hunters, and lone-wolf protector dynamics of J.N. Chaney (Renegade Star series), the mercenary/bounty hunter protagonist, high-action space opera, power armor, space outposts of Rachel Bach / Rachel Aaron (Paradox trilogy), the ancient alien tech, dying light/cosmic mysteries, bounty/military intrigue, and high-stakes starship drama of Megan O’Keefe (The Scorched Earth / Velocity Weapon series), and the scavenger/bounty hunter survival, secretive hero, galactic empires, space western crossover of T.A. White (The Firebird Chronicles).