First Colony is back!

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The wait for the next First Colony book is almost over. Pre-order for the ebook is now available.

Every discovery comes with a price…

Stranded thousands of light-years from home after a hyperspace experiment goes catastrophically wrong, General Connor Gates faces a brutal reality: their ship is failing, supplies are dwindling, and Earth is an impossible distance away.

Their only hope lies with a manipulative alien prisoner who offers a dangerous bargain. Freedom in exchange for guidance to an ancient outpost with technology that could save them all… or doom the galaxy if weaponized.

Every step deeper into uncharted space reveals new perils. The massive alien station they discover—a relic adrift in the void—hints at a universe far grander and more treacherous than humanity ever imagined.

Meanwhile, across the stars, a dormant threat awakens—silently calls to those who can hear it. The Vemus nearly exterminated humanity once. Their return could mean the end of everything.

As Connor races to unlock the station's secrets before time runs out, he realizes the true danger may not be the vast emptiness of space, but what followed them into it. Some enemies are too dangerous to leave behind, even five thousand light-years from home.

In this gripping space epic, betrayal is almost certain, but survival demands risk. Ancient technologies beckon with salvation and ruin in equal measure.

Can humanity's scattered defenders outsmart beings who think in centuries rather than moments?

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The audiobook version of Forsaken Outpost will be out by 1st week of May 2025, and Scott Aiello is onboard to narrate. Less than a month after the ebook and print is released!

I hope you enjoy Forsaken Outpost – First Colony Book 18. These books are a lot of fun and challening to write. It’s a process I enjoy a lot, and I’m looking forward to writing to the next book. 

The ebook is available for pre-order and unfortunately Amazon doesn't allow me to setup a pre-order for Print or the Audiobook. Maybe one day.

As always, thank you so supporting my work. 

Ken

2024 – What a year it’s been.

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Status Update: What’s going on?

Pathfinder Audiobook should be out in the next week or so. Scott Aiello has never missed a deadline for me and I have no reason to believe that this will be any different. 

I’m currently working on Book 18 of the First Colony series, and I’m planning for it to be released by the end of March 2025. I plan to write and release two more books in 2025, and I’m leaning toward beginning a new science fiction series. I’m not ready to talk much about that, other than to say it’s been an idea I’ve been kicking around for a while. 

Does this mean the First Colony series is over with Book 18? NO! I plan to write more stories in that series, explore new characters, and revisit some older ones. Writing a long series like First Colony has been rewarding and challenging, and I’m grateful for all your support for it. I’ve been writing in this series for seven years. 

What’s next? I’ve been kicking around an idea for a new science fiction series that I’m going to pursue after I finish First Colony – Book 18. The new series is a fun concept I’ve been playing with and fits nicely into the kinds of stories that I like to write. At the heart of the series I write, I strive to write interesting characters, a clearly defined villain, and exploration that manifests in new technology, locations, or a combination of both. Intertwined in these types of books are the interpersonal relationships that the characters have.

That’s my plan for 2025. Another First Colony book, and two more books in a new series. My schedule for the next six months is as locked in as I can make it. Beyond that is the possibility for change. I never know when a story idea will show up and won’t go away, be it for an existing series or for something new. 

2024 has been a wonderful year, both for me personally and in writing books. I’m so thankful and blessed to be able to write stories for a living. Thank you for reading my work, and for reaching out to me with words of encouragement. I appreciate it. 

Happy New Year!

Ken Lozito

Listen to Resurgence on audio today!

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Resurgence – First Colony Book 16 is now available in audio!

Dark secrets lurk among the stars. Are they ready for them?

General Connor Gates is leading a task force on the most ambitious exploration initiative to date. The crew aboard the ships are mix of military and civilian, and include his son, Ethan, who has grown into a well respected leader.

While exploring a strange alien world, the team investigating the wreckage of an alien ship is brutally attacked. The survivors barely escape and are now fighting for their lives and their sanity…including Ethan. They’ve been exposed to a dangerous contagion, and it’s going to spread.

Evidence surfaces that there are prisoners on the planet, and their fates are somehow linked to the survivors on the ship.

For Connor Gates, it’s all or nothing: rescue the people left behind and find a way to heal his son, or lose everything. But when a mysterious alien encounter presents an unthinkable choice, Connor’s decision will affect the future of humanity’s place in the galaxy.

They knew they weren’t alone in the galaxy, but no one could’ve predicted an encounter that would change all the rules.

Narrated by the talented Scott Aiello, who incidentally, was able to deliver this audiobook a month ahead of schedule. Thank you, Scott!

If you haven't listened to Scott Aiello narrate the First Colony series, give it a try. Scott continues to deliver amasterful performance bringing these beloved characters to life.

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As always, thank you for reading my books.

Until next time.

~Ken

First Colony Returns!

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I’m so excited to share that the wait for the next First Colony book is almost over.

Dark secrets lurk among the stars. Are they ready for them?

General Connor Gates is leading a task force on the most ambitious exploration initiative to date. The crew aboard the ships are mix of military and civilian, and include his son, Ethan, who has grown into a well respected leader.

While exploring a strange alien world, the team investigating the wreckage of an alien ship is brutally attacked. The survivors barely escape and are now fighting for their lives and their sanity…including Ethan. They’ve been exposed to a dangerous contagion, and it’s going to spread.

Evidence surfaces that there are prisoners on the planet, and their fates are somehow linked to the survivors on the ship.

For Connor Gates, it’s all or nothing: rescue the people left behind and find a way to heal his son, or lose everything. But when a mysterious alien encounter presents an unthinkable choice, Connor’s decision will affect the future of humanity’s place in the galaxy.

They knew they weren’t alone in the galaxy, but no one could’ve predicted an encounter that would change all the rules.

Grab Resurgence Here!

What's next for me?

The audiobook version for Resurgence will be out by August, and Scott Aiello is onboard to narrate. I'm so happy about that. With a series that's ongoing like this I'm grateful that Scott is still available and willing to narrate these books.

I'll be working on First Colony Book 17, which I plan to release in September. I've got my summer project, and I'm thinking that —in my mind at least— I won't be anywhere sunny or pleasant.

I hope you enjoy Resurgence – First Colony Book 16. The book was a lot of fun and challenging to write. It's a process I enjoy a lot, and I'm looking forward to writing the next book.

As always, thank you for supporting my work.

~Ken

Listen to Fallen Earth on audio today!

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Fallen Earth – First Colony Book 15 is now available in audio!

A new mission…

Years after the first interstellar colony ship departed from Earth, a contagion known as the Vemus spread across all mammalian life on the planet, giving rise to monstrosities that nearly wiped out all humanity.

Hundreds of years later, the interstellar colonists sent an expeditionary force back to Earth to help the survivors. Among the refugees were a cadre of human survivors who had adapted to resist the Vemus by becoming a hybrid of both.

Old war machines quarantined the Earth, preventing refugees from returning. Lieutenant Ethan Gates nearly died to save the colonial fleet sent to destroy the blockade. He survived by becoming a hybrid, and now they aren’t sure he could be trusted.

After months of being sidelined, Ethan finally returns to active duty, and makes an unexpected discovery…evidence hinting at the origins of the Vemus.

When detractors hinder unification efforts, causing treacherous divides among Earth’s refugees, a much larger threat looms in the shadows.

Fallen Earth is the 15th book in the bestselling military science fiction series First Colony. Don’t miss out on the next thrilling adventure for those who long to explore other worlds and glimpse a future with hope and hardships that challenge the characters to be more than what they were before.

Narrated by the talented Scott Aiello, who continues to deliver a masterful performance bringing these beloved characters to life.

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As always, thank you for reading my books.

Until next time.

~Ken