The Deacon Carver Chronicles is a multi-book series about the fall of the Interplanetary Union. Conspiracies, combat, and unusual allies lead to a number of adventures.
SETTING:
Approximately 70,000 years in the future, humanity has an interstellar civilization, but its roots are lost to history. It is a time of wars, petty and grand. The age of exploration has ended, expansion has turned from an outward movement into the politics of militarism and conquest. It has become more profitable to take from others than to find your own.
Bickering and old feuds have taken political discourse down a deadly path. The Interplanetary Union, representing all seven realms and the non-aligned worlds, was designed to stop this very outcome. But it is on the verge of collapse, underfunded by the very entities it is supposed to represent and control.
The Union has one last gambit: using a mixture of loyal officers and those living outside of the law, the Interplanetary Union plans to launch a new initiative, a new vessel, mandated to disrupt the war efforts of the most power realms.
Deacon Carver himself is a character that I’ve been living with for a long time. In 2016, I wrote a short story about his childhood entitled Dee, for the Win (If you’re a Kindle Unlimited user, you can read the story for free. Otherwise it costs 99¢ on Amazon.). Since then I’ve been developing the full series in various creative writing classes (Mostly Oxford’s Distance Education courses).
BOOK 1: The Fall of Jeralla
A non-aligned world is being pushed into civil war and famine by the Tripartite Alliance. The Interplanetary Union sends the diplomatic vessel Chaucer to investigate. But to get the answers to their questions, they may need to cross some ethical lines. Good thing they have a smuggler in tow, Deacon Carver. But is he here to help them or to make a profit and run?
Two Scenes from The Fall of Jeralla
- A scene where Deacon and Rikaine argue over morality (June, 2026)
- The first scene where we meet Char Osbaldistan (September, 2019)
BOOK 2: Grand Theft Warship
The events of Fall of Jeralla lead Deacon and the Chaucer crew to the conclusion that to truly keep the peace, they need to stop the Tripartite Alliance from completing construction on a massive new warship.
Simply destroying it may not be good enough. But stealing it would mean enlisting the aid of people even Deacon doesn’t trust.
BOOK 3: Primary Sources
With the collapse of the Interplanetary Union, lawlessness is starting to spread. Good thing Deacon’s got a big shiny new warship to leverage. The King of Sard wants it. The Tripartite Alliance wants it back. And now families are coming into play.
To add to the confusion, a seeder ship from old Earth, Agamemnon, has drifted into Daitrol space. The genetic stock of plants and animals on the vessel would allow whoever possesses it unimaginable wealth and power.
BOOK 4: One of Us
The lone survivor of Agamemnon wants nothing more than to return to Earth. Deacon and his crew want nothing more than to help him get there. But the Tripartite Alliance has other plans. And they’re not alone.
With death and destruction all around, Deacon and his people try to find a stable peace that can preserve as much of humanity as is left.
THIS IS THE PREQUEL STORY
Sixteen and stuck living in a dead-end town, with a dead-end job, generations come and generations go. No one really escapes. So why not play slaughter ball, an underwater race that’s likely to kill you?
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The Creative Process:
- The Deacon Carver Chronicles: Origins of Character Names (September, 2025)
- Naming Names (July, 2023)
- Kill Your Darlings: There Goes A Whole Theme (July, 2025)
- On Developing Character Names (August, 2021)
Character Profiles:
- Character Profile: Deacon Carver (August, 2025)
- Character Profile: Rikaine Westmoreland (August, 2025)
Here Are The Character Notes for the Three Main Characters:
DEACON CARVER
Deacon doesn’t want authority.
No, that would imply responsibility.
He wants impunity.
He doesn’t care about, nor want to see, the consequences of his actions. He just wants the freedom to do them.
SAKINAH BUHKARI
Sakinah gave up a comfortable life and a bright future for the man she loved.Then one day he just…left?
So Sakinah found a new family, among the crew of the I.U. vessel Chaucer, where she is a trusted navigator.
Now he’s back. And life got very complicated all over again.
CHAR OSBALDISTAN
Char has fought hard to get where she is,
but she was betrayed by someone she trusted (she doesn’t know who).
The betrayal gnaws at her confidence.
She wants to be seen as being ethical, but she also wants to be able to play the lawless card when needed.
She sees herself as a role model,
even if others see her as an outsider.
If you enjoyed this post, you might enjoy my short story collection The Maiden Voyage of Novyy Mir and Other Short Stories.
Dee, for the Win is one of the stories included in this collection.