Richard Davill is an expert in emergency response who has spent a decade managing operations in conflict zones and disaster areas globally. He now applies that gritty realism to his sci-fi, writing about survival in deep space from his home in Yorkshire.
Whispers from the Machine is the debut book in the Stapledon Series. When xenoarchaeologist Clio Cormack accidentally awakens a dormant alien megastructure, she unearths a threat that could consume humanity. Now, she must break every law and ally with a rogue AI to stop an ancient god from rising again
in-Progress – Expected summer 2027
Following a catastrophic mission, xenoarchaeologist Clio Cormack is branded a traitor and isolated from the rest of humanity. But silence is a luxury she cannot afford. A new, ancient threat has stirred, and a rogue intelligence is racing to reclaim a power that could extinguish life as we know it.
With her reputation in tatters and time running out, Clio must decode a cryptic final warning, a secret hidden by the station’s original architects. If she fails, the truth of a forgotten war will be lost, and a machine god will rise to claim its throne.
Book two progress is steady, and Act Two is officially complete! However, as I dive into Act Three, I am wrestling with a major creative dilemma: how to avoid middle book syndrome when writing a sci-fi series. Here is an honest update on my writing process and structural doubts.
An update on my current novel writing progress, how a structured outline keeps the momentum going, and why draft one of Mutterings of the Deceased is moving faster than expected.
Exploring the reality of transitioning to a full-time writer. From production schedules to market competitiveness, here is why the day job stays for now.
