Species Seventeen
Book One of Humanity’s Leap.
An alien artifact is discovered by an artificial intelligence owned by a small, autonomous mining corporation operating in the asteroid belt. After extensive reverse engineering, Galactic Planetary Resources develops technology that propels humanity to expand rapidly beyond Earth over the next sixty years. These advancements ultimately lead to another astonishing discovery: a transit gate hidden in Earth’s solar system for thousands of years—and now, it can be used.
A cast of engaging, well-developed characters aboard the corporate starship Audacious discover more than they ever dreamed possible, including the revelation that this isn’t the first time humanity has ventured into the stars.
A team of United Earth Hegemony Marines, led by Staff Sergeant Dixon, is requisitioned to assist Captain Rohit Mishra, scientist Irina Orlova, and others as they push the boundaries of what humanity can achieve—while trying to convince Earth’s government to let them do it.
Narrated in first person by CAIPARR, the sentient artificial intelligence owned by GPR, the novel explores the ethics of artificial intelligence, humanity’s existential beliefs, and the age-old question: should we do something, simply because we can?
The Architect
Book Two of Humanity’s Leap.
After the shocking discoveries in Beta Leonis, Galactic Planetary Resources doubles down on its mission. Despite most of its executive leadership being arrested by Hegemony State Security, the crew of Audacious, along with their scientists and the government’s own Marines, press on to uncover more pieces of the puzzle.
“Each answer we get comes with two more questions.”
Now embattled with a hostile artificial intelligence that rivals CAIPARR—and is unburdened by any ethical restraint—their mission of exploration becomes a desperate fight for survival. Enemies on the home front and in newly discovered star systems reveal both the best and worst of humanity.
Action-packed combat, thought-provoking questions, and unforgettable characters leave us wondering what choices we would make if everything we believed turned out to be a lie.
A gripping science fiction tale of ambition, discovery, and the price of unlocking the unknown.
Book Three of Humanity’s Leap.
The node is now unlocked, and Irina Orlova has vanished.
With the failed coup on Hegemony put down and Audacious three star systems away, Earth must now come together in order to look beyond its solar system to the greater galaxy. Captain Rohit Mishra, together with Staff Sergeant Dixon and Second Squad, accompany their new allies, the Lomolai, in a mission to find out what happened to Orlova. When they learn where she's gone, it strains credulity.
What happens when a subset of Earth's population from times of antiquity is removed from our past, placed in a new star system, given advanced technology and allowed to develop on its own for thousands of years? Species One created project worlds for this purpose, but humans on Earth never conceived that they were the ones late to the party, and that humanity had already taken root elsewhere.
Now, equipped with advanced tech from the Workshop and a sentient artificial consciousness, the historical past collides with a future no one could have imagined.