Introducing CY-OP

My first book, CY-OP, is now available through Miramax Books. It is the beginning of a trilogy that brings together ancient rulers, sacred figures, and solar beings in a place called the Omni Mall. At its center is Noah Franklin, a Solar Federation agent who recruits a mythically tied group for an operation whose full depth few understand.

Franklin’s recruits include Hatshepsut, Akhenaten, Yeshua, and King Arthur. Each arrives with a history, a reputation, and a particular relationship to power or belief. Bringing them together creates room for philosophical conversation, unexpected disagreements, and humor. They may all be legendary figures, but that does not mean they will agree on what needs to happen next—or understand everything their involvement means.

The story is presented as a classified cosmic transcript. Rather than following a conventional narrator, readers encounter much of the world through recorded conversations and exchanges. Information emerges through what the characters say, what they question, and what they are willing to reveal. Franklin guides the operation, but his knowledge creates a distance between what is happening and what everyone else understands.

Paradox runs throughout CY-OP. An afterlife sanctuary takes the form of a mall. Familiar figures enter unfamiliar circumstances. Conversations move between the sacred and the ordinary, sometimes within the same exchange. The humor belongs to that world as much as the larger questions do: What happens when people associated with different systems of belief must work together? How does authority hold up when it is questioned? What might an ending make possible?

This first book opens the door to a larger story. Across the trilogy, the relationship between Earth and the afterlife will continue to unfold as the depth of Franklin’s operation comes into view. For now, the journey begins at the Omni Mall. I’m excited to finally share it with you.