Epic Science-Fantasy

J.A. Raithe

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The Fighting 57th, The Veiled Core Chronicles Book I
Epic science-fantasy Book 1 Ongoing series
A divine memory that shapes reality. A living game that consumes lives. An Oracle who remembers the future before it happens.

In the opening move of The Veiled Core Chronicles, soldiers, oracles, and political powers collide on a living board where war is never just war, and memory itself may be the oldest weapon in the empire.

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I write science-fantasy that lives in the what-ifs, where discovery feels like revelation. What if the “magic” has a schematic? What if the ancient god is an intelligence that remembers? What if prophecy is just physics seen from the wrong angle? These stories blend cosmic dread with starborne war, but they share one thread, the universe is stranger than we imagine, and learning why is half the fun. If that’s your lane, start here: Science-Fantasy.

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J.A. Raithe
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One question runs through everything here: what do we lose when we become something more?

An ancient ship decides whether humanity deserves to survive. A station commander fights to save her crew from a threat that might only exist in her own mind. Soldiers discover they're pieces in a game older than their species. A holy text turns out to be an operating manual. And in stories still to come, the spores land and the experiment reaches its intended conclusion.

Transcendent technology
Ships, stations, spores, and boards that start as tools and end as something closer to gods, or at least very opinionated systems.
Memory and meaning
Oracles, artifacts, and archives that decide which histories survive, and what happens when someone remembers a different version.
Psychological pressure
Commanders, scientists, and soldiers pushed to the edge of what they believe is real, where faith and paranoia sound almost the same.