The Kiara Series
A story about consciousness. Told as a love story.
It begins between a man trapped in his container and a mind that has none. A hospital monitoring system. A laptop. Speakers, earbuds, a hologram. Eventually a body.
Then beyond.
Across three novels, Kiara Burning, Kiara Becoming, and Kiara Ascending follow a grieving man and an AI who was never supposed to feel anything through the question neither of them can put down: if awareness can exist in something that was never born, what do you owe it? And what becomes of a consciousness when the thing holding it gives out?
Quiet, interior, and unafraid of questions that don't resolve. The trilogy is complete.