Ten years ago today, I published my first novel—Way of the Serpent. I’ve just finished reading through it again, editing and re-formatting in preparation for publishing it as part of a compiled two-volume collection of the four books of the near-future science fiction Recall Chronicles. 

Way of the Serpent is a very political novel, and I had thought I might need to revise it a bit in light of what has happened over the past ten years. Instead, I found it to be even more pertinent today than it was in 2015. A government dominated by plutocrats? Check. A worldwide pandemic? Check. Concern over altered images and manipulated social media? Check. 

Way of the Serpent will be paired with Shadow of the Hare in a single volume titled The Resistance, which tells you a little about who the two main characters—Jenda Swain and Malia Poole—are. If you haven’t read the Recall Chronicles yet ( or not recently), get ready for a satisfying dive into a political world a hundred years hence that feels all too believable. Get ready for The Resistance!