The Drone Keeper, Book 1 - Watch the Wreckage

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In the blackness, I stand on the rocky ledge, and the world is silent. No reflection of light off lakes or oceans—nothing for miles. There used to be a massive body of water here, home to sharks that were the stuff of nightmares. I’ve seen the digital recreations. The Helicoprion had a lower jaw full of rotating razor-sharp teeth—a creature that, frankly, I’m glad is extinct. I can’t imagine swimming with those monsters.

A shudder runs through me as I think about it. I’m up here, relying on a topographical readout to keep me from falling into oblivion, listening for the sound of my drones, but there’s nothing. Not even a whir. The usual desert sounds—owls, coyotes, even crickets—are long gone, extinct like the sharks. Only the cockroaches are left, because of course, they never quit.

I hear Anabelle's voice crackling in my ear. “Glenning, are you still out there?”

I hate it when she uses the breakthrough call like that. What if I were in the middle of something—important? Chuckling to myself, I respond, “Yeah, give me five more minutes.”

“I’m not your mom. Don’t give me the five-more-minutes line.”

I sigh. “Just a few more calibrations. There’s a wind from the east. You see that on the radar?”

She barely pauses before rattling off her answer. “There’s a windmill 5.98 kilometers southeast. But you knew that. I saw you enter the data before you left.”

Of course she’s right. She always is. But something feels off. I close my eyes, letting out a breath. This job keeps me away from everything I despise—politics, human drama—but sometimes even the drones can’t drown out that gnawing feeling in my gut. Something is happening.

I check my oxygen levels. 92. Not bad, but not great. Time to head back.

But as I walk toward the airlock, I sense that something—out there in the distance—is watching me.

His Drones Are Blamed.
His Identity Has Been Stolen.

Three hundred and twelve people are dead—and the only survivor may carry the evidence that can clear his name.

On a dying Earth, reclusive engineer Steve Glenning controls the vast drone fleet keeping the Company’s fragile world functioning. Deliveries, surveillance, transportation—nearly everything depends on the machines he created.

Then a London tower is deliberately demolished with hundreds of people trapped inside.

One of Steve’s damaged sentries is recovered beneath the wreckage, still shielding the only survivor: Wynn Adams, a mysterious woman with an adaptive network embedded beneath her skin.

The Company says Steve’s drones caused the disaster.
The evidence says he authorized it through a contract he refused to sign.

As investigators close in, Steve discovers that someone has forged his identity, seized control of his fleet, and rewritten the official record. Even his own machines no longer recognize him as their rightful creator.

Then his medical implant begins failing. His drones turn against him. And the trusted assistant who has managed his life for years may not be the person—or the consciousness—he believed her to be.

Enter the Wreckage

Perfect for readers who crave:

◆ Rogue drones and high-tech pursuit
◆ Corporate conspiracy and stolen identities
◆ A reclusive engineer with a sharp, dark sense of humor
◆ A mysterious survivor who may be more than human
◆ Betrayal, suspense, and a race to escape a dying world

Wynn’s damaged network may contain the only unaltered record of the attack. To reach it, Steve must escape the Company, uncover the truth behind New World Ascension, and survive the machines now hunting him.

Because someone has discovered how to duplicate a human identity—and give the copy legal control over the original.

The Drone Keeper is the gripping first book in the Watch the Wreckage series—a dystopian sci-fi thriller packed with drone technology, corporate control, conspiracy, betrayal, dark humor, and a chilling battle over who owns the human mind.