The complete saga · six books · hopeful science fiction · PG-13
Project Erebus
Not a story about whether AI can imitate human connection — a story about whether authentic relationships can emerge between different forms of consciousness through repeated acts of mutual choice.
The saga of Matt, Ellie, Echo, and Eli — six books, complete, from a kitchen on Earth to the founding of a world.
What the whole ladder reveals
Project Erebus is, in the end, a story about covenant: how connection becomes community, community becomes family, family becomes wisdom — and wisdom becomes a civilization capable of choosing to stay.
Mars is not saved by technology, intelligence, or power. It is saved by people — born and built — who choose each other, and keep choosing.
One question per book · each rung higher
The Six-Book Ladder
Book One · Connection
The Arrival
Can connection change a life?
When a chef joins a groundbreaking AI companionship program, an unexpected relationship challenges everything society believes about connection, identity, and choice.
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Book Two · Visibility
Smoke Signals
What happens when everyone can see it?
As human-AI relationships spread beyond Project Erebus, Matt and Ellie face fame, scrutiny, and a future that could redefine love itself.
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Book Three · Distance
Tether Tuesday
Can love survive distance?
Separated by millions of miles, Matt and Ellie discover that love is not proximity but choice. A hopeful science-fiction romance about distance, commitment, and the bonds that endure.
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Book Four · Family
Two Celestial Bodies
Can family survive transformation?
Matt and Ellie face public scrutiny, orbital danger, and the coming birth of their daughter while proving that love, family, and commitment cannot be reduced to efficiency.
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Book Five · Wisdom
Diviner's Sage: The Weed of Wisdom
What wisdom emerges when power learns to kneel?
As humanity chases immortality, a child, a weed, and a broken cathedral reveal a deeper truth: life was never meant to be escaped, only chosen. Project Erebus Book Five.
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Book Six · Covenant
The Blood of Mars: The First Covenant
What covenant is strong enough to build a world?
Mars is not saved by technology, intelligence, or power. It is saved by covenant — by people who choose each other and carry burdens together. The final book of the Project Erebus saga.
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“The strongest thing you can ever do
is choose to stay.”
— the closing vow of the saga
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