To date, I have just one book published, mostly written while commuting daily by train to and from work in Seattle in the mid 2010s.
This first book, Dying to Live Forever, is a hard science fiction novel set in a span of time between roughly “today” and three hundred years in the future — all within the lifetime of its most major character: Rik van der Gelder.
Here is the book blurb I wrote for Dying to Live Forever, which was originally published on Kindle on October 1, 2014.
Having lived two full lifetimes courtesy of ‘fountain of youth’ rejuvenation tech, celebrity scientist and inventor Rik van der Gelder has lost his lust for living. He seeks escape, alone in his starship and yearning for some relief from the never ending chore of living. A murderous attack from a nearly forgotten enemy forces him to make a crash landing on an unexplored planet, where he is challenged at every turn by bizarre alien life forms as he struggles to survive. Rik encounters an artifact, leading him down a rabbit hole of discovery, eventually locking him into a battle of wits and near infinite energies with his ruthless attacker, allied with ancient artificial intelligences and the insect-like race that created them. This last struggle could end him — or maybe it’s just the beginning…
There are a few more stories in various stages of completion and many ideas for others.