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No One Can Come is his debut novel. The other two are on the way — their opening pages are available now.

No One Can Come — His Debut Novel by Simon J. Cleary
His debut novel

No One Can Come

“Two crews. One sealed strongroom. A century of water between them.”

1912: a junior purser and five others are sealed inside an unlisted strongroom as the Titanic goes down. 2023: a historian descends to the wreck — and finds the compartment.

Ghosts in the Ash — A Duke Savage Novel by Simon J. Cleary
The first Duke Savage novel

Ghosts in the Ash

“In a city that erases people with a transposed digit, one investigator was hired to find a woman who was never meant to be found.”

Duke Savage is a former investigative journalist turned private investigator. When an encrypted message warns that a young woman is running out of time, he begins searching for Sarah Chu — a woman erased from the systems that govern modern life.

The Shattered City — A Science-Fantasy Novel by Simon J. Cleary
A standalone science-fantasy

The Shattered City

“The city was not drowning them. It was mopping its floor.”

When the transit platform collapses in the lower sectors of Neo-Tethys, three sisters wake in the dark carrying marks that grant them new kinds of power — and start climbing toward a surface that wants its floor clean.

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