Sci-fi series

Wayward Drift

The Wayward Drift series is a pulse-pounding space opera adventure following Jake Corren, a former mercenary turned independent cargo captain, and his loyal AI companion Sarah, who serves as both his ship and closest confidante. In a vast, unforgiving galaxy filled with political intrigue, betrayal, and moral gray zones, Jake tries to live quietly—hauling freight from one rim world to another—while haunted by his past. But every contract risks pulling him back into the fray, forcing impossible choices between self-preservation and doing what’s right.

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The Daedalon Cargo

Jake Corren takes the jobs that keep his AI ship Sarah flying — sealed cargo, remote drops, a payday big enough to ignore the smell. This one pays a million marks. The package stays sealed. The drop is Daedalon.

Then the contract breaks. The cargo isn’t what he was told. The Cracian regime and the people under its boot both want what’s inside, and Nadira — the only path to the money — won’t tell him which side of the lie he’s on.

Sarah waits in orbit. Hyde is already hunting him. Walk away with what he can salvage, or stay and burn the payday to stop a weapon aimed at a whole people. Either way, the bill comes due.

Book One of the Wayward Drift series.

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The Kessari Debt

Jake Corren thought off-charts meant off the books. It doesn’t. A ping finds the cracked license from Daedalon — House Kessari paper — and the bill lands on Sarah. Show up before nightfall on Eon, or the House collects in person. His AI ship is already clamped in Dock Seven, listed as collateral, and the net that used to hide her is failing.

Hyde shows up with a collector’s writ and one eye. A scavenger named Tiffin warns him the floor is already bidding. Two factors want a job done; neither is selling freedom. The House doesn’t want cash. It wants him working the debt — and the work is uglier than the paper says.

Sarah is the collateral. Walk away and lose the hull. Stay and the debt grows — more names on the marker, more jobs waiting. Either way, winning isn’t free.

Book Two of the Wayward Drift series.

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The Nightwell Contract

Jake Corren still owes House Kessari. His AI ship Sarah is still what they take if he falls behind. Nightwell has a softer offer: one delivery, stay current, keep flying. The crate looks wrong from the start.

On Boutis the drop turns into a fight — cages, a kidnapping, a clock they never bought. Tiffin and Hanlan keep the crew moving. Two outfits want the same ship. Neither is offering a clean way out.

Nightwell isn’t buying freight. They’re reaching for a ship the House already owns. The only escape runs through a trap they didn’t choose, and someone from Jake’s past can smell that her name still matters. Beat Nightwell — or lose Sarah. Either way, the House debt is still waiting.

Book Three of the Wayward Drift series.

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Short stories · two transmissions out

Sarah Signal

Recovered transmissions from before the novels. Two are out. More coming.

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