ABOUT

I'm fascinated by technology, human evolution and the possibilities of the future. I've always been drawn to disaster movies and the question of what happens after catastrophe. When civilisation collapses, how does humanity survive? What knowledge, technology and traditions endure? How do people rebuild, adapt and create something new from the remnants of the old world?

I'm equally drawn to open-world games that let you step into another reality, explore its environments, discover its history and become part of the world around you.

It's that combination of survival, exploration and evolution that influences my writing. I enjoy stories that take familiar ideas and push them beyond their boundaries, particularly where science fiction begins to feel almost plausible. With technology advancing so rapidly, the line between what we imagine and what might eventually become possible is becoming increasingly interesting.

I'm drawn to the worlds that emerge when humanity is forced to become something more than it was.

The idea for Symbiote began with a question about technology. What if nanotechnology could do more than transform medicine, engineering or manufacturing? What if it could fundamentally change humanity itself?

I began imagining a world where this technology could help humanity recover and thrive after a global catastrophe. A civilisation rebuilt not simply by returning to what existed before, but by discovering new ways to survive, adapt and evolve.

But that raised another question. Where did the technology come from? Was it something humanity had created itself? Had it come from somewhere beyond Earth? Or could its origins lie somewhere further along humanity's own timeline?

Those possibilities became part of the mystery at the heart of the universe.

From that initial concept, the world began to take shape. The technology created possibilities; those possibilities shaped the civilisation; and the civilisation gave rise to the characters who would ultimately determine its future.

What started as an idea about nanotechnology and human evolution grew into a much bigger story.

I want my stories to feel immersive.

When I imagine a scene, I tend to picture it unfolding in front of me, almost like a sequence from a film or a moment experienced inside a game. I think about the environment, the atmosphere, the characters moving through it and the details that make the world feel alive.

That way of imagining a story influences how I approach worldbuilding.

The places characters inhabit should have histories. The technology should have consequences. The world should extend beyond the immediate action, with people, factions and discoveries that suggest something much bigger is happening beyond the reader's view.

Like an open world waiting to be explored, there should always be more to discover.

Not every detail needs to be explained immediately. Sometimes the most interesting part of a world is the feeling that there's something just beyond the edge of what you can see.

That's what I want to create with Symbiote: a story to follow, a world to explore and a mystery that reaches beyond the pages.

Humanity survived the apocalypse. It rebuilt civilisation. Then it discovered technology capable of changing what it means to be human.

Symbiote is a post-apocalyptic evolutionary science-fiction universe exploring nanotechnology, human evolution, lost knowledge and the uncertain origins of a technology that could change humanity's future.

At its centre is a civilisation that has survived catastrophe and built something extraordinary from the remains of the old world. But survival was only the beginning.

Beneath that rebuilt civilisation lie deeper questions about the technology that made it possible, the people who will inherit its power and the future humanity might become.

The first novel tells the beginning of that story. The wider universe offers room to explore the people, places, factions and histories beyond it.

The story begins with Symbiote. The world extends much further.