Ideas Behind the Stories
Science, speculation, books, worldbuilding, and the questions that lead to new stories.
She inherited the lesson of Prague: truth cannot remain the property of power. Discover Cabria Manchmann’s journey from scientist and institute director to a defining voice for shared stewardship.
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Before humanity could face what waited beneath Antarctica, someone had to lead the descent. Discover how a boy from Gresham became Dane Breckhamn, the deep- ocean expedition commander at the heart of The Inheritance War.
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Sten Shyless does not trust a pattern because it is beautiful. He tries to break it first. Meet the physicist who discovers that what the Archive hides may matter more than what it reveals.
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Long before 318 vessels entered the Solar System, Marcus had built his career around patterns other people could not see. He was a mathematician, codebreaker, and one of the few people capable of examining something seemingly random and recognizing the intelligence hidden beneath it. That ability would eventually make him essential to Dr. Darla Reign—and to humanity’s survival.
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Before 318 vessels entered our Solar System, Dr. Darla Reign discovered an impossible sequence hidden inside the DNA of every living thing on Earth. Learn how a gifted child from Fullerton became the scientist at the center of The Inheritance War.
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Before I ever thought about writing my own novels, I was exploring worlds created by Tolkien, Asimov, Clarke, Le Guin, and others. Those stories stayed with me. Years later, I realized how much they shaped the questions I ask in my own writing—and the worlds I wanted to create.
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For thousands of years, we've looked at the night sky and wondered if anyone else is out there. Today, we know the universe is filled with planets, yet we still haven't found another living thing. So where is everybody? Maybe life is rare. Maybe civilizations don't survive. Or maybe someone else already knows we're here.
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Every cell in your body carries DNA. We know what it's supposed to be doing. DNA contains the instructions cells use to build proteins, regulate biological processes, and pass traits from one generation to the next. The human genome contains about three billion base pairs, written with only four chemical letters: A, C, G, and T. And as far as we know, all of it has a natural history. Mutation. Selection. Inheritance. Billions of years of evolution. But what if we found something that didn't fit?
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