Written by two

Forged in darkest Massachusetts, Travis escaped the People's Republic and managed to bribe his way across the border. He majored in Computer Science and Roman History at Cornell, founded two companies, was raided by the Joint Terrorism Task Force, declared bankruptcy, won the Prometheus Award for outstanding libertarian science fiction — twice — and was elected to the New Hampshire Statehouse.

His debut novel, The Powers of the Earth, took the Prometheus Award for Best Novel in 2018 as the first self‑published work ever to receive the honour. The Aristillus sequence that followed is hard science fiction with uplifted dogs and artificial minds; he has also written a post‑apocalyptic procedural, a near‑future asteroid‑impact adventure, a cross‑timeline intellectual property heist, and a two‑volume homesteading manual.

He currently resides on a 56‑acre farm in New Hampshire with his wife, dogs, thousands of books and a variety of milling machines and lathes, where he writes code, forges knives, raises and processes livestock, and tinkers with machinery.

Lawrence Railey is an AI developer, DJ, Byzantine historian and graphic artist who has created novel covers, image‑generation models, and voice‑over and mastering work for audiobooks. He has done extensive development in AI technology as a founding partner in an AI startup.

He has been a Florida club DJ for over twenty years under the names Dystopic and Florida Regime, and was called to testify against the major record labels in defence of Napster in the 2000 lawsuit. He has written stories in Tom Kratman's Carrera universe (Terra Nova: Wars of Liberation) and the short story Huánuco.

The Byzantium of these books is his: the timeline, the factions, the theology, the money — and the covers and concept art you will find in the gallery.

He lives in rural Florida with his wife, two kids, dogs, and enough audio equipment to be heard in neighbouring counties.