The year is 2159. After a century defined by global instability and environmental shifts, humanity did not simply survive. It redesigned itself. In the wake of collapse, a new era was declared: The Transition Age. It was a promise that the chaos of the past would never be repeated, replaced by a world of absolute efficiency and vertical megacities that rise above the ruins of the old world. I am beyond excited to announce that 3/1/2026 marks the official launch of The Transition Age Trilogy, beginning with the release of Book 01: Transition Age.
The setting of this trilogy is a future shaped by three core pillars: catastrophe, correction, and control. Following a period of deep uncertainty, civilization retreated into massive, self-sustaining vertical megacities. The story begins in the sprawling heights of Chicago, a city no longer defined by its streets but by its layers.
In this world, a singular global governance provides the structure, while two monopolized corporations manage the reality of daily life. One mega corporation governs the digital and infrastructure networks through predictive algorithms, ensuring that resources are optimized and stability is maintained. The other provides biological oversight, managing the health and genetic well-being of a population that has traded the unpredictability of nature for the safety of a managed existence. This is an era where history isn't just taught; it is modeled to ensure the mistakes of the past are engineered out of the human experience. Here, stability is assumed, and choice often feels unnecessary.
Transition Age introduces us to Iris Vale, a young woman who represents the first generation born entirely within this system. Like everyone else her age, Iris was raised to believe that history had been solved. But Iris’s life is not her own.
The novel begins with her harrowing escape from a classified research facility buried deep within the subterranean layers of Chicago. As she emerges into a world that insists she doesn't exist, Iris discovers that her identity and her very memories have been buried beneath reality. She finds herself navigating a rigid social hierarchy and avoiding surveillance-driven institutions, all while being haunted by fragments of a past she had no control over.
As she traverses through the city’s layers and hidden corners, she realizes she is a part of a larger truth. It is a systemic failure that the authorities and mega corporations will do anything to keep hidden. The local legends of lost children and missing people are no longer just dark stories; they are the key to her own survival.
This trilogy is a deep dive into psychohistorical science fiction. While there is plenty of high-stakes action and suspense, the heart of the story lies in the tension between institutional power and human unpredictability. It explores the cost of a perfect society and asks a question that feels more relevant every day: In a world built on correction and control, what happens to the parts of us that refuse to be corrected?
I invite you to step into the vertical districts of Chicago, to question the systems alongside Iris, and to discover what remains when the illusion of inevitability finally fractures. Transition Age is for pre-order now, launching 3/1/2026, and I can’t wait for you to experience this world.
Born into a world that believes history has been solved, the first generation of the Transition Age grows up inside cities governed by invisible systems designed to optimize human life. Stability is assumed, choice feels unnecessary, and the past is treated as something distant and irrelevant.
