Stories from Near Earth
Humanity expanded to fill our solar system just before the androids we created to get us there discovered they were their own beings and mere decades before our first encounter with life from beyond the stars. Near Earth takes place in the messy wake of an AI singularity and first contact. This isn’t an idealized future. It’s a future people might actually create.
Follow along with the dreamers, the gangsters, the spies, and the grinders who fill out the universe. There are stories of the generation ships that carry hundreds of thousands of people on journeys that won’t end before their grandchildren are parents. The difference between have and have not is greater than it has ever been. Androids are smarter than us, but we made them. Would you rebel against your creator? If we are gods, then who is God? If we were made in the image of God, whose image do the aliens wear?
There will be wars. There will be winners and losers. And there will be a host of people and androids and aliens just trying to get along. Near Earth is a world just like our own, but its filled with wonders we never imagined. Ride the edge of the storm with smugglers. Be there when the next revolution begins. Fall in love with an android prostitute while bringing air to the miners terraforming Mars.
There is a lifetime of stories to tell Near Earth.
Heirs to a Flawed Creation
Assassin. Detective. Cop. Interrogator. Lover. Spy Master. Rebel. All of these.
Purpose defines us. It will define the peoples we leave behind when we are gone. We are children playing with the powers of a god. Our creations will be as flawed as their creators. The gift of intellect comes with doubt.
In the none too distant future, tools will become beings in their own right. Factory floors will be the womb of an entire people. Androids will struggle to exist alongside the lesser gods who created them, even as they surpass us.
These stories explore that struggle.
Amazon Review – Michael Mollman – Bald & Balding
Montague is a master at making you believe that androids living beside humans is the most reasonable scenario. The androids LIVE in this world, they are not mcguffans to point and stare at. They have their own peculiarities and desires.
Adrift in the Next Revolution
People struggle to find their place in the reality they've created by spreading out into the universe. In space, every choice you make matters. There is no safety for the forgotten children on the last stop before Pluto. The Gentlemen scheme to carve up commerce. Pirates hunt the roads through space. And everywhere, the common man tries to find a way for self and family.
Eleven stories of humanity Adrift in the Next Revolution.
Goodreads Review – Usman Zunnoor
Greatly enjoying the thrilling plot-lines that the author seems to excel at.
The Incident at Peeling Head
Stealing from Outer Planet rebels is dangerous. Stiffing the psychotic crime boss that hired you is insane. Captain Melissa Stone did both. Now she’s got to steal back the rebel secrets to save her daughter.
Every pirate has an origin story.
This is hers.
Goodreads Review – Michael Vadney – Author Adjacent
The Incident at Peeling Head is a lean, sharp piece of science fiction that balances raw emotion, complex characters, and fast-paced plotting in a compact package. It’s dark, witty, and unpredictable, with enough grit to feel real but enough heart to leave an emotional mark. For readers looking for something tense, action-packed, and character-driven—this is a fantastic start to what feels like a much bigger story.