The Novel
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“It looks to me like what we’re dealing with here, potentially, is a rogue power greater than the state. Sometimes, a little fear is justified. This is one of those times.”
Admiral Holmgren, Monmouth Deep
A Little Knowledge is a Dangerous Thing.
When she receives a mysterious invitation to work as an intern at the secretive Monmouth Project, twenty-one-year-old NICOLA SPENCER feels sure that their claim—that the facility is headquartered in a deep-sea military base—must be a hoax.
What she finds down there—the real agenda of the ‘above-top-secret’ black project—is bigger than she could have imagined. NICOLA is soon assigned to work on a faster-than-light craft known as the Hellkite. But she must grapple with the demands of her conscience when she witnesses another engineer murdered before he can expose the base’s biggest secret.
PRESIDENT GALLAGHER has only been in office six weeks when NICOLA’s classified information lands on his desk—news that will immediately alter the course of his presidency, if not the fate of the world.
In this genre-blending sci-fi thriller (soon to be released via Hey Hey Books), one small secret makes Nicola the target in a dangerous manhunt that could determine Earth’s place in the fractious galactic landscape for hundreds of years to come.
Coming fall 2026!
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Cygnus Book Awards Winner
MONMOUTH DEEP is a past winner of the Cygnus Book Awards for Science Fiction (Soft Soft-Fi category), a genre division of Chanticleer International Book Awards.
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Read Chapter One!
Get an instant sneak peek of the opening chapter! Follow Nicola as she comes face-to-face with an otherworldly visitor whose presence on Earth will change her life….
