The First Installment of a series! Released January 2026! Available on Amazon! https://a.co/d/09ptnkhN

Samples will be posted on Royal Road! https://www.royalroad.com/profile/953927/fictions

Enter Mace Carter. He’s a con artist, pure and simple, with no allegiance to any flag and even fewer morals. Mace drifts between these dangerous borders. His only currency is his wit and charm. He has an uncanny knack for stirring up trouble wherever he goes. He’s the kind of guy you love to hate, and probably the last person you’d ever trust.

But even a master of chaos can find himself in over his head. A seemingly simple grift lands Mace squarely in the cross hair’s of some truly terrifying forces. These include powerful warlords, rogue AIs, and the iron grip of the militaristic U.A.T.(United American Territories). Before he knows it, Mace is dragged into a mission he never wanted. He must infiltrate the rising power of the Iron Circle. His task is to destabilize their leadership from the inside and somehow, against all odds, walk away alive. “Maybe” is the operative word here.

A Trickster’s War is told entirely in Mace’s raw, razor-edged voice. It’s a wild ride. It’s part survival tale and part political allegory. The story is entirely set in the murky, moral gray zones between freedom, control, and sheer survival. This isn’t just about a world falling apart. It’s about when the worst person for the job becomes the last hope anyone has left.

Prepare yourself to question everything you think you know about heroes. Reconsider what you know about villains. Reflect on the lines we draw in a broken world. Stay tuned for more updates on release dates and sneak peeks into the chaos that awaits!