The High States once promised a world where anyone could pursue their dreams. Now a shift in policy morphs those dreams into nightmares.

Ten citizens stand at the breaking point: A boy with a yellow bike whose curiosity makes him a target. A state agent with shifting orders and a conscience that haunts his soul. A mother who’s certain her family’s status means all her loved ones are safe.

The murder of a local woman during a state-sanctioned enforcement action leaves the citizens baffled. Lies replace the truth. Safe zones promise a trap. And public service programs mask a calculated plan to escalate control—and eradicate freedom.

The fate of the citizens’ lives and of their nation stands perilously on a precipice that’s crumbling beneath their feet. Surviving the fall will depend on how each of them answers one question:

When do you say goodbye to a dying way of life?

Experience the first stage of replacing an unraveling world in THE PRECIPICE PEOPLE—a near-future dystopian thriller for fans of 1984 who wish it had ended another way. Book One of The Epoch Rite of Passage Trilogy.

Arriving October 2026.
Ebook Available for Preorder Now.
(Hardcover option coming soon.)

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The High State’s once enviable facade crumbles along with public trust. 

The administration doesn’t care. Acting with a violence it cannot justify and a logic without heart, it uses its power to force compliance: Biometric Tracking. Surveillance drones. Digital ID. And a paramilitary to keep everyone “safe.”

Our ten citizens realize they live in a shattered state: The wealthy mother of three now lies on the concrete floor of an Integrity Center unable to convince the guards she’s a citizen. The creator of Vital Trace must change the health and safety program into an automated enforcement system. The boy with a broken arm learns the president’s latest administrative order means he can no longer ride his bike.

The world as they know it is ending, but the system is still running on the momentum of a lie. Recognizing it for what it is before it’s too late to escape depends on summoning the courage to ask one question:

How do you reclaim your sovereignty from a system that denies you even have any?

Survive the second stage of an unraveling world in THE SHATTERED STATE, Book Two of The Epoch Rite of Passage Trilogy—a near-future dystopian thriller for fans of 1984 who wish it had ended another way.

Arriving November 2026.
Ebook Available for Preorder Now.
(Hardcover option coming soon.)

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[Barnes and Noble] (Link coming soon!)

[Elsewhere]

COMING SOON!