The Recovery Series
Books 1-3: The Story of Arman Lance
Books 4-6: The Account of Belvun
Books 7-9: TBD
Series Summary:
Arman Lance’s father designed the Recovery Treaty to mitigate the deterioration ravaging the planet Belvun. But upon his death, Arman is left with an all-consuming guilt and joins the Embassy in a desperate attempt to escape his isolated life on the desert planet Undil. His journey is one of self-discovery and adventures between worlds. But steep political divisions and growing civil unrest threaten to throw Belvun – and the galaxy – into chaos…
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#1 Embassy
Originally published December 2013
$10.00 USD — Signed Copy
$15.95 USD — Paperback Amazon
$5.99 USD — Kindle
337 pages
Summary:
This is a journey.
For his entire life, Arman Lance has listened to his father’s stories, pored over pictures, dreamed of traveling the galaxy as he helps his father save the planet Belvun from an environmental catastrophe. In an instant, that dream is ripped away. Arman is left with only a memory, a wish for what might have been, and the guilt that consumes him. Now Arman believes that escaping his home world and finding the Belvish girl he once loved is the only way he will ever be happy again.
But life is never about a destination.
#2 Resonance
Originally published October 2015
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$7.99 USD — Kindle
532 pages
Summary:
Life looks different now.
Arman Lance saw firsthand the remnants of Ellaciss City. He learned how his father had led Undilaen crews into the firestorms to save countless lives. Now he understands that without meaningful action by Belvun’s political powers, the deterioration will render the planet uninhabitable. He and his crew leave Belvun behind and journey onward to Daliona, where the Faustocine formula promised to stabilize Belvun’s deterioration will be synthesized. On this ocean planet, Arman finds a life where imagination guides scientific exploration, traveling the world is a daily commute, and self-discovery is forged through adventure.
#3 Perihelid
Originally published October 2017
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$16.95 USD — Paperback Amazon
$6.99 USD — Kindle
314 pages
Summary:
No help is coming.
Lightyears span the space between the stranded crew and the nearest planet. Even if communication systems could be reestablished, it would be months or years before a fleet intercepted the signal. Shaken, broken, and unable to fathom the loss he just endured, Arman spirals into relapse. Like many others, he caves to the darkest corners of his mind. Time is against the survivors. Power is dwindling, morale is waning, tensions are rising, and every answer reveals a hundred new questions, the biggest of all being:
What happened?
#4 Belvun
Originally published October 2021
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$18.95 USD — Paperback Amazon
$7.99 USD — Kindle
422 pages
Summary:
The deterioration ravages Belvun.
Ambassador Jemal Purnell returns from his expedition to Daliona only to discover political rivals have sought to undermine his policies. Meanwhile, former commercial pilot Carsh Fridon has joined Belvun’s Disaster Response Commission to aid civilians impacted by chains of disasters triggered by collapsing ecosystems and atmospheric destabilization. Caught on all sides by civil unrest, environmental degradation, and political upheaval, Belvun is left weakened, divided, and isolated.
#5 Purnell – JUST RELEASED
Published October 2025
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$22.95 USD — Paperback Amazon
$9.99 USD — Kindle
391 pages
Summary:
The Ambassadorial Center closes in.
Director Bekem Rionalt launches waves of political attacks to paralyze Mercator Hall and pressure the president’s council into yielding power before the Narvidian fleet arrives to evacuate Belvish citizens. Kessally Swindas realizes what must be done to protect Ladia Purnell from her father’s vengeful allies, but fears that it will lead re:Belvun – and herself – down a path from which she can never return. The stage becomes set to upend the lives of ordinary citizens as a struggle for power overshadows the deterioration consuming the planet.
#6 Annex – preorder now
Currently writing! No Ai used – ever.
Planning to release October 20, 2028
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$22.95 USD — Paperback Amazon (Oct 2028)
$9.99 USD — Kindle (Oct 2028)
TBD pages
Summary:
Jemal Purnell seeks retribution.
Resistance fades as re:Belvun unravels and the Ambassadorial Center swiftly restructures the Belvish government to crush dissent. Purnell hunts for Kessally Swindas and other agitators, but a Narvidian-backed occupation in Rima threatens his claim to authority over Belvun.
Ai Statement
I have been writing and publishing science-fiction novels since I was 11 years old in 2004. Writing is the single-most influential trait of my personal identity and my novels put me on the path to living the life I have today.
I have never, and will never outsource Ai to write, assist, brainstorm, plan, or otherwise produce the content, plot, characters, storylines, physics, events, or any other aspect of my fictional work, which are largely based on my own experiences, emotions, desires, skills, dreams, strengths, weaknesses, political leanings, religious beliefs, current and past work, and other factors of my life. I often choose specific words, remove entire characters and chapters, change the tone, merge ideas, even insert easter eggs and snippets of my own life into the story as I’m writing, rewriting, editing, growing through the years, and revisiting my stories in the future. All of these are features of my work and novels that Ai and other generative algorithms will never replicate, speak passionately about, or meet you on the street to discuss as I do with tens-of-thousands of people every single year.
It takes me 3-12 months to write the first drafts of my novels, and subsequently, years to rewrite and edit, working with human editors prior to publishing any of my books. Belvun, for instance, took seven years to write from conception to publication. Purnell took four years. In those years, I changed. My work changed. My views changed. The world around me changed. What I write and how I write it also changed–an authenticity that using Ai will never replicate when entire books are generated in the span of seconds, minutes, or hours. It is soulless. Void of experience. Incapable of reflecting the wonders and flaws of humanity.
Art is never about the final product. It is about the creation process, the time, the effort, the skill-building. I do not write to sell a book; I write to experience and express myself. I can only hope that each time I do throw a price tag on a book, the stories resonate with readers and they and I can be bound together in some way, for some time.
Art and creativity are the purest forms of the human experience, and I wholeheartedly believe that outsourcing Ai at any point in the process of that creative experience cheapens the depth and meaning of the work and removes human passion and skill from the experience entirely.
Alex