Cosmic horror · Military sci-fi · First contact · Deep space dread

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My books live where military sci-fi meets cosmic horror. You'll get tactics and chain-of-command, but with something vast and unknowable pressing in from the edges. The question isn't whether your plans will survive contact with the enemy. It's whether they'll survive contact with the universe.

Last updated: January 5, 2026

Each series approaches that collision differently. The Veiled Core Chronicles gives you military political intrigue in a universe where faith and firepower share the same wiring. The Shepherd Descends is first contact as cosmic dread, where the signal isn't a greeting but an evaluation. Station 13 locks you in a deep-space installation where the cameras show things that shouldn't be there. Pick the flavor of dread you want first.

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All entry points are available in Kindle and print, with audiobooks where noted.

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Cover of The Veiled Core Chronicles: The Fighting 57th
Military sci-fi · Political intrigue · Religious universe

The Veiled Core Chronicles

Start with The Fighting 57th

Strategy, doctrine, and battlefield grit collide with metaphysical dread. War is currency here, and memory is a weapon. This is the entry point if you want command decisions with consequences that feel sacred, and dangerous.

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Cover of The Shepherd Descends by J.A. Raithe
First contact · Cosmic dread · Species-level stakes

Standalone novel

The Shepherd Descends

An interstellar object transmits a precise rhythm of pulses. The message isn't hello. It's instructions. This is the entry point if you want wonder with teeth, and first contact that feels like a test.

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Cover of Station 13 by J.A. Raithe
Psychological horror · Deep space · Surveillance dread

Standalone novel

Station 13

Cameras show intruders where there should be none. The station's frequencies begin spelling warnings. This is the entry point if you want paranoia, procedure, and corridors that don't care what you believe.

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Questions readers ask

How scary are these, really?

They're science fiction first, but the horror is real. The Shepherd Descends builds cosmic dread slowly until it becomes unbearable. Station 13 is psychological horror with a claustrophobic edge. The Veiled Core Chronicles weaves existential dread into military and political systems, so the horror comes from what people do to each other as much as what's out there.

What if I want action more than dread?

Start with The Veiled Core Chronicles. It leans hardest into military science fiction, with battlefield tactics, political maneuvering, and institutional power. The cosmic horror is there, but it's embedded in the system rather than stalking the corridors.

Do I need to read them in a certain order?

No. Each is a clean entry point. Pick based on the kind of story you're in the mood for: war, contact, or confinement.