Could Humans Be The First?
For as long as we’ve imagined life beyond Earth, we’ve assumed one thing without question: we arrived late.
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The First Martians are Already Born
Not long ago, launching anything into space cost the same as a luxury yacht. In the early 2000s, putting a single kilogram into orbit could cost up to $40,000. Only superpowers and defence budgets could afford meaningful access.
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Life-Changing Tech Milestones and Why They Matter
The future is arriving faster than we can process it. Cancers once thought untreatable are being beaten back. Clean energy is smashing records. New technologies are redefining what’s possible in medicine, power, and daily life. Energy is becoming greener and cheaper.
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Gods, Monsters, and the Shadows of Memory
Beings of fire who descended from the sky. Chariots that burned across the heavens. Men who lifted mountains. Women who spoke with the dead. Serpents with feathers, giants with thunder in their hands, spirits that whispered from the dark.
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The Gods Have Landed
Imagine a village that has never seen a building higher than its church steeple, where the tallest thing in the sky is the flight of geese on a crisp autumn morning.
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Matter Transmitters? This Is the Real Death of Distance
Imagine waking up early in the Scottish Highlands and mentoring a marketing team in Thailand before breakfast. You break for lunch, walk the dog through drizzle, then spend the afternoon logging into a Texas writing sprint, all without leaving your home.
ExploreThe Chilling Sound of Death
Do you remember the haunting Simon and Garfunkel song The Sound of Silence? It opens with that eerie, unforgettable line: “Hello darkness, my old friend...” But what if silence wasn’t just poetic?
ExploreDeleted by the Bots… to Top 0.1% on Amazon
Reach For The Galaxy, The Second Book In The Return To The Galaxy Series, Launched Today
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Will Humanity Split into Different Species?
Have You Ever Wondered What It Really Means To Be Human And What Happens When We Stop Being One Species?
ExploreAliens, Ancient Myths, and Maybe... You?
The last few newsletters have been packed with serious science, so this time I thought we’d go a little lighter. Let’s take a wander into the weird, the wonderful, and the slightly suspicious.
ExploreCan We Turn Back our Body Clock?
In Return to the Galaxy, Ewan Scott is 77 years old, dying of cancer, and days from death. Then, he is given a second chance.
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Sleeping Beauty and the Rescue from Hell
In the last ten days, something remarkable has happened. Thanks to your amazing help and generosity Return to the Galaxy, my debut sci-fi novel, has been shooting up the Space Opera charts and became the #3 Space Marines: Bug Hunt title in the UK
ExploreThe Great Filter
It’s one of the most haunting questions in science. Given the age of the universe and the sheer number of Earth-like planets, intelligent life should have emerged not just once or twice, but millions of times.
Explore“Help me, Obi-Wan Kenobi. You’re my only hope."
Your normal science article is at the bottom of this email. This week I’m looking at the next stage in human evolution. We could be about to change what it means to be human. The article is called - Designer Babies, Super Soldiers, and the Next Stage of Evolution
ExploreCould Orbiting Solar Panels Cool the Earth? In My Universe, Yes. Maybe in Ours Too
After nearly two years of work, Amazon unexpectedly cancelled the pre-order for Return to the Galaxy with just five days to go to launch.
ExploreBrandon Sanderson Gave Me Some Writing Tips
These Are the Scenes They Said You Shouldn’t Read Before Bedtime Secret Chapters of Book 4 Revealed Below!
ExporeAncient humans had steam engines, batteries, even computers. Why didn’t history change?
In my forthcoming novel Return to the Galaxy humans find the tech of zero gravity which transforms society.
ExporeMy Favourite Character? I’ll Let You Into a Secret
Readers often write to ask who my favourite character is, and where the creative part of the process starts.
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I Still Believe in Hope
So, if you're ever feeling overwhelmed by the chaos, here's a thought worth holding onto: The future hasn’t happened yet. And we still get to help shape it.
ExporeWho Wants To Be A Billionaire?
We live on a rock with limited resources, surrounded by an ocean of possibility.
ExporeMining A Harvest Of Extravagant Riches
Last time we talked about the staggering wealth floating between the planets, trillions of dollars in metals, ice, and rare elements, waiting in the cold and dark. But dreaming is easy. Doing is hard.
ExporeWe Just Won in London AND Los Angeles
A quick update, and an exclusive never before released chapter, just for you, at the bottom of this page
ExporeAlien Life? Probably Everywhere!
It’s often assumed intelligence is the outlier. Earth just got lucky with us, the right spark at the right time.
ExporeJames Webb Space Telescope Finds Alien Life?
Every so often, science fiction takes a wild guess—and real science catches up.
ExploreAlien Invasion: Are We Begging for One?
Are we unknowingly announcing our presence to a universe that might be hostile?
ExploreFewer Space Elves, More Giant Spiders!
If you’re expecting our first alien encounter to be with tall, noble beings who look vaguely human, I have some bad news…
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