Novels
Original long-form fiction set in the same universe that powers the AerelonTech game studio. Written in public, updated as chapters are finished, shared without a paywall.
Giant of the Stars Manuscript
Sci-fi mystery · far-future · ~80 000 words · First public draft, 60 chapters complete
Tens of thousands of souls onboard one starliner. Half the rescueing civilians lost to government incompetence.
The Giant of the Stars was the jewel of InterStellar Vacations — a luxury starliner the size of a small city, crewed by thirty thousand and carrying twice as many upper class passengers. A routine crossing to Perseus Galactic Arm went deadly in a blink of an eye.
Three man held the keys to solving the mystery. Too bad they are years apart.
John Sotomayor is a seasoned investigator for the Galactic Transportation Safety Board (GTSB), called back to Earth to testify at the civil trial — only to realise the report he co-signed three years ago missed something catastrophic. Dan is the survivor no-one was supposed to find, carrying memories that powerful people will kill to suppress. Vince is the cargo hauler captain whose routine run brought him close enough to find the survivors first and take up the mantle of an inept leadership.
Their efforts converge on a cover-up that reaches from a courtroom on Earth all the way to the Federal Navy's most classified programme — and to a decision that will determine whether the next disaster claims a planet instead of a ship.