Trilogy — Complete
Sovereign Minds
Arcadia rises from the Ozark Peninsula in crystalline towers and cold arithmetic — a city-state that measures its citizens by contribution grade and calls it civilization. This is the story of the soldier who broke the measurement.
Sovereign Minds · Book 1
The Forgiving Cage
A Dystopian Novel of Engineered Peace and Hidden Truths
“A model citizen of a perfect city, until the past she uncovers won't stay buried.”
Sixteen-year-old Elara Virelli is a model citizen of Arcadia — a city-state that appears utopian by design. But her manufactured virtue starts to crack the moment she uncovers what Arcadia's peace was actually engineered to hide.
Narrated by Todd Merrifield
Sovereign Minds · Book 2
The Humble Stars
A Dystopian Novel of Freedom Without Mercy
“Free of Arcadia's walls. Not free of what's out there.”
Elara escapes the controlled comfort of Arcadia only to find survival outside is its own brutal system — a fractured world of danger and opportunists with no contribution tiers to protect her, and no illusions left to shield her from what freedom actually costs.
Narrated by Todd Merrifield
Sovereign Minds · Book 3
The Savage Mercy
A Dystopian Novel of Freedom at Any Cost
“Curated existence, or true freedom — whatever it costs.”
Arcadia's engineered compliance has one more weapon to deploy: the Song of the Sun, built to end resistance at its root. Elara must confront her own identity and decide, once and for all, whether a curated existence is worth living. The trilogy's reckoning.
Audiobook in production — Expected early November. Narrated by Todd Merrifield.
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