Mayan Rising
The ancient Maya didn't vanish. They launched — a fleet built over generations, fleeing a threat that predates recorded history. Only one ship never launched. A thousand years later, retired contractor Mac Anderson finds it buried under a jungle temple, and he, archaeologist Elena Vargas, and engineer Mateo Sanchez become humanity's first line of contact with a galaxy far stranger and more dangerous than anyone imagined. Reading order below: start with the free prequel, then Books One through Three.
The Last Night of Caracol
Generations before Mac Anderson finds the ship, Ix Kabal held the last relay open as her people's fleet launched into the dark. A free short story — read it first.
Mayan Rising
Deep in the jungles of Belize, Mac Anderson is looking for peace — not an ancient starship. But that's what his machete finds: a dormant vessel, its AI still waiting after a thousand years for someone to come home. What he, Elena, and Mateo uncover will rewrite everything humanity thought it knew about its own past — and put a target on all three of them.
The Xylos Gambit
The New Palenque answered one signal. Now the crew is flying straight into Xylos territory to answer another — Kaan, a Maya descendant who has broadcast a distress call from a labor colony for eleven years, waiting for someone to finally hear her. But the Xylos aren't of one mind, and surviving first contact was only the beginning.
Coming Soon
The next chapter pushes the crew of the New Palenque further from home, into secrets buried in stone for a thousand years. No release date yet — join the list below to hear first.
