Ghost in the Machine: A Progression Fantasy Adventure

The new book in a spellbinding sci-fi/fantasy series about an archmage happy to enroll in a magical university and find freedom from battle, until the battle comes looking for him anyway...

The moon is falling. War is coming. The time for action is now. Cascadia and Auria have felled each other, and in the wake of the Aurian king using a weapon made from machines long thought to be extinct, the moon has awakened and has begun to fall. The ghosts of the machines speak, telling humanity that judgment is coming. Humanity is conducting a response. War rages even as every country looks to the skies, balancing the extinction-level threat of the moon colliding with the planet and the opportunities that come with war. Countries have crumbled, and new players snake their way into the power vacuum. Having been told to evolve, will humanity rise to the challenge? Or will Sylvester have to drag them into a new era kicking and screaming? One thing’s for sure. Syl is done hiding.

© 2025 Simon Maverick (Audiobook): 9781668146538

Release date

Audiobook: 30 September 2025