Book One · In Progress · Ares Realm Studios
A sci-fi fantasy of war's aftermath, fractured timelines, and a guardian who was never meant to interfere.
Book One of the Between Space and Time series — at least three volumes planned.
A sci-fi fantasy of war's aftermath, fractured timelines, and a guardian who was never meant to interfere.
Book One of the Between Space and Time series — at least three volumes planned.
The rough draft is complete — the whole story exists, beginning to end. The next step is getting fresh eyes on it. If you love sci-fi fantasy and want to help shape a book before it's finished, I'd love to have you as a beta reader.
Alex never wanted to be a hero.
Born into the aftermath of a devastating war between humans and elves, he spends his days simply trying to survive in a world that has little interest in his future. Haunted by loss, burdened by illness, and surrounded by people struggling to rebuild their lives, Alex's greatest goal is making it through tomorrow.
Then he hears a voice.
What begins as a mysterious artificial intelligence hidden within experimental technology slowly becomes something far more impossible. Riley is not merely a machine. She is a being that exists beyond the boundaries of time itself — a guardian tasked with watching countless realities unfold without interference.
But Riley has already broken that rule.
Drawn to Alex by a connection neither of them fully understands, she chooses to step into a timeline she was never meant to touch. That single decision sends ripples through reality itself, awakening forces that have remained dormant for centuries.
As ancient secrets emerge and the scars of war begin to reopen, Alex finds himself caught between worlds, timelines, and destinies that should never have crossed. To survive, he must uncover the truth about who he is, why Riley chose him, and what lies hidden beyond the fragile fabric of reality.
Because some people belong to a world.
And some were never meant to belong to any world at all.
The mysterious AI hidden inside experimental technology — the voice Alex first hears, and the doorway through which everything changes.
The form she takes to walk beside Alex: luminous, precise, and unmistakably more than the machine she first spoke through.
Her true nature: a being beyond the boundaries of time, sworn to watch countless realities without interference — until Alex.
Between Space and Time is written by one person at Ares Realm Studios. The two best ways to help: read an early draft and tell me what works, or chip in to support the studio while it's being finished. Either one means the world.