Ken Pence Books in Order

An unexpected alien encounter gives Earth technology it barely understands and draws it into interstellar trade. Human ingenuity creates a remarkably successful trading center, but alien suspicion and political rivalry at home threaten the people responsible for the breakthrough.

Police officer Robert Thales develops the ability to read minds and uncovers a conspiracy linking crime, business and city politics. Injured and pursued by hired killers, he must find a way to expose it before his enemies silence him.

New to interstellar commerce, Earth struggles to find markets, trade goods and reliable knowledge about its neighbors. Competing alien interests and uncertainty at home turn the promise of advanced technology into a dangerous test of humanity’s ability to adapt.

Human explorers push toward the galactic core in search of the makers of extraordinary molecular circuitry. As advanced technology transforms life on Earth, political rivalries and encounters with older civilizations threaten to overwhelm a species still adjusting to its success.

Humanity’s search for the origins of an advanced material opens vast new routes through space. Rapid colonization and successful trade bring unfamiliar dangers, while technological upheaval forces Earth to confront whether its values can survive the pace of change.

Retired warrior Richard Patterson receives an unexpected chance to prepare Earth for an enemy that has destroyed civilizations for millennia. With little time and a corrupt society resisting him, he must guide humanity through dangerous technological upheaval.

Entrepreneur Robert Kobe’s accidental interstellar journey leaves him stranded among aliens without money, language or a ship. His technical knowledge offers a route home, but the choices he makes draw him into conflicts with governments, corporations and alien powers.

Stranded on an alien world with her grandfather’s implanted memories, Natalie grows into a determined opponent of slavery. As her struggle spreads across planets and dimensions, she joins forces with another traveler whose journey home has become its own fight.

Apprentice trader Alan Einfeld is stranded in another dimension after his mentor dies. An old shuttle offers escape but carries technology coveted by rebels, drawing him into interstellar war, time travel and repeated conflicts with the traders who should help him.

Lux’s inventions draw interest from intelligence agencies, SpaceX and operatives determined to steal his technology. While pursuing advanced research and protecting his work, he must also manage the growing public fame of an artificial pop star created by his AI.

Nine-year-old prodigy Lux Blakely and his classmate Prissy create an extraordinarily lifelike artificial intelligence. What begins as a school experiment attracts government attention and dangerous opportunists, forcing Lux to protect inventions that adults want to control and weaponize.

An experienced soldier enters a parallel Earth where Indigenous peoples defeated alien conquerors and inherited their advanced technology. Tasked with investigating this civilization, he encounters a brilliant scientist and a gathering war that threatens to repeat its violent history.

Young engineering prodigy Lux builds a secret laboratory with help from his increasingly independent AI, Anna. As advanced aircraft research and a fabricated pop-star performance draw attention, he must protect his friends and inventions from powerful outsiders.

Lux expands humanity’s use of alien technology while Prissy protects refugees from military exploitation. New colonies, life-extending discoveries and contact with other species attract tourists, spies and slavers, making each breakthrough harder to defend than the last.

Lux’s gravity-drive research makes travel beyond Earth possible, attracting governments and corporations eager to exploit it. As plans for off-world mining and settlements develop, he faces political pressure and constant attempts to take control of his discoveries.

Given control of Denshu, Lee discovers an impostor has seized the province and a hostile kingdom threatens invasion. He must win local support, improve the town’s defenses and master unfamiliar magical portals before the next attack arrives.

Lee Blakely leaves his technologically advanced home for a parallel world where magic works. Stripped of much of his equipment, he studies with a wizard and discovers that his enhanced body can combine science and sorcery in unprecedented ways.

Lee and his AI companion Anna explore Ethralin, where unfamiliar abilities challenge his confidence in technology and magic. An encounter with a spy exposes regional tensions, while a new romance entangles him with a family capable of reading minds.

Ancient soldier Marcus seeks solitude on a distant planet but finds an intelligent otter-like people beginning to build a civilization. When colonists arrive intent on enslaving them, his attachment to his new companions forces him back into battle.

A malfunctioning portal separates newly married Lee and Mira across dimensions just as alien slavers threaten a human colony. While Lee strengthens its defenses with magic and technology, Mira faces political obstacles as she tries to bring him reinforcements.