Author
Chris Radley
Author | Science nerd | Worldbuilder | Dad
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Book 2: Echoes of Ionia
Those who return
carry what was learned.
Chief Engineer Horst Altos left Ion Prime six years ago with questions his people didn't want him to ask. Now, with the crew of the Elpis on the run from Atlas and hunted by the Loc'ri Merchant's Guild, the search for the Z-cell Elders brings him back to the ringworld he once called home—and to everything he left behind.On a world forged from the ruins of the one that came before, where tradition is survival and curiosity is a liability, Altos must confront what it means to return as someone different than when he left. Meanwhile, Ava Albright faces her first away mission, a medical mystery she wasn't trained for, and the growing realization that the family she's been searching for might already be the one she's found.With a Loc'ri fleet closing in and time running out, the crew must navigate a city built on silence, unravel a frequency that's tearing through an entire population, and find an Elder hidden among the shattered remains of a dead world—before everything they've risked falls apart.
Book 1: Zero-Point Symphony
Some echoes lead to the past. Others shape the future.
Ensign Ava Albright joined Atlas to forge her own path, but escaping her mother’s shadow isn’t so easy … especially when her mother is Astraea Albright, one of Atlas’ most celebrated captains, who vanished without a trace. On the Starship Elpis, where differences are embraced and camaraderie runs deep, Ava finds comfort in quiet moments: in music, in the hum of the engines, in the warmth of a crew that already feels like family (even if she’s still learning how to be part of it).But when a discovery shakes the delicate harmony of the galaxy—a force that sings through the void, alive in ways no one expected—Ava is pulled into a mystery far bigger than she ever imagined. As Captain Victoria Zannis searches for long-buried answers, Ava must decide what legacy she wants to claim and what future she’s willing to fight for.A story of music, mystery, and the bonds that make a family, Zero-Point Symphony is a cozy yet thrilling space adventure about the questions we chase, the homes we find, and the echoes of the past that shape us.