After years of writing, rewriting, rethinking, and being professionally edited within an inch of their lives, my science fiction duology is finally ready for the next stage: finding a literary agent.
The books are The AusumX Mission and The Xylaris Cure. They began, many drafts ago, as a young adult trilogy. But stories have a way of revealing what they really want to be, and this one wanted more depth, more pressure, more danger, and more heart. After a great deal of work—including guidance from three professional editors and three developmental edits with my current editor—the story evolved into an adult duology with much stronger bones.
At the center is a desperate race to save Earth from a lethal virus. There's a wormhole. There's an alien planet. There's corporate manipulation, sabotage, survival, betrayal, courage, and a fight over who gets to control humanity's last real hope. In other words, plenty to keep things lively.
But spectacle has never been enough for me. I care about character as much as plot, and probably more than is sensible for someone writing about wormholes and alien cures. I want a story to move fast, but I also want it to land emotionally. I want tension, yes, but also beauty. My editor has described my writing as lyrical, and that matters to me. I've worked hard to write science fiction that is not only imaginative and high stakes, but also human.
My background may explain some of that mix. I have a degree in Aeronautical Engineering from Imperial College London, a later degree in Creative Writing from the University of Victoria, and a long professional history in computer systems design and development. So yes, I enjoy big ideas, technical structure, and figuring out how things work. But I'm equally drawn to voice, character, and the quieter emotional truths that give a story its real weight.
Now I'm looking for the right agent to help take these books into the world — onto bookshelves first, and perhaps one day onto screens as well. I do think these stories are cinematic, but not in a loud or inflated way. They are visual, dramatic, emotionally charged, and built on strong scenes and escalating stakes. They can be read, certainly. But I can also see them.
As for me, I'm not especially glamorous. I'm happiest with my family, my work, my writing, and a small circle of people I genuinely care about. I like wit, honesty, competence, and people who mean what they say. I believe integrity still matters. I also believe stories matter—especially the ones that entertain us while asking larger questions about power, loyalty, sacrifice, and what makes life worth saving.
So, this is where things stand in 2026: the books are ready, I'm ready, and I'm looking for the person who sees what these stories could become.
That feels exciting. Slightly terrifying. And exactly right.