Colony of Edge Series

On the cutting edge of humanity, rules are made for one thing. No, it is not "to be broken." Biologist Ash Morgan loves breaking rules, but this is ridiculous. Edge is humanity's bastion on the frontier of space and science. She plays fast and loose with the Edge's ultra-strict governing AI, but even she's willing to admit that maybe there are some laws not meant to be broken. When a fellow colonist asks for help delivering a child, Ash agrees against her better judgment. But something's not right. The birth will exceed the precise population cap set by the colony AI. Somehow those numbers need to balance. And the child is born strange. Too strange. What experiments could produce a child like this? Who would do this? When the mother descends into depression and madness, Ash must decide which rules can be broken, which rules must be obeyed, and which rules will inevitably lead to the colony's ultimate destruction. On the cutting edge of humanity, rules are made for one thing: to be followed perfectly with zero deviation. Always. Or else.

Murder has found its way to the colony of Edge. Ash doesn't want anything to do with tracking down a killer. She doesn't want to delve into the anger and darkness that caused such a horrible event. It frightens her deep down into the core of her being. But. Well, it's just that she's curious. More so when she discovers the killer might not even be from Edge. Was this the murder of an innocent scientist, or an attack from a neighboring colony? Is this the culmination of a bitter personal dispute, or is this the start of a war? To uncover the truth, Ash needs to become the greatest detective Edge has ever seen. It's not like there's a lot of competition. She can probably hit the top five, at least.

There are some mysteries best left unearthed on the planet of Sky. A secret is hidden in a dead city at the center of a faraway desert. Lost technology might save the colony of Edge and finally bring sustainable life to a world that has been so close for so long. But what dangers slumber in that forsaken land? Ash Morgan leads a team of explorers to find clues that will save her people and bring on a new era of prosperity. She battles the elements and hazards of the city, but can she hold together her team when the dangers prove too much? Can she prepare them for the very real possibility of failure? And what if something follows them back to Edge? Maybe that lost city's not so dead after all.

The Colony of Edge will never be the same. When Ash Morgan returns after a long time away, she finds she hardly recognizes the place she once called home. Black towers stretch to the sky, strangers wander the streets, and odd smells permeate the very stones. Monsters roam the streets. After a terrible attack, Ash must determine what strange monster lurks among the city's newest inhabitants. How is it connected to all the changes happening in the rapidly growing colony? More importantly, can she determine when the monsters attack next? And why?

Nothing is as it seems in the Colony of Edge. Ash Morgan lives for her science. She doesn't want to rescue children from their insane mothers or solve murders or explore ruined cities. She certainly doesn't want to think about the ethics of the planetary domination Edge has been tasked with. All she wants to do as a biologist is create life in her little colony on the distant planet of Sky. Is that so bad? Unfortunately, someone needs to solve those murders. Someone needs to save the colony from the hubris of its founders and the questionable ethics of its own scientists. Ash is the worst person to lecture anyone on ethics. But it certainly isn't going to be anyone else. Whether she likes it or not, Ash Morgan is up for mystery, adventure, and exploration in this set of the first three books in the Colony of Edge.

How does it end? In a catastrophic ball of fire or a triumphant blaze of glory? Is there a difference? Ash Morgan has a plan. She's going to launch herself into space, steal the knowledge of old Earth from the space station Traverse, and return to the Colony of Edge in a fiery blaze of glory. It'll be the greatest heist the planet Sky has ever seen, and Ash has every detail figured. Every role has been filled. Ash only knows two things about heists: 1. Nothing ever goes according to plan. 2. Someone always betrays the team.