You’ve probably heard of Dungeons and Dragons, the tabletop role playing game that’s played with dice, maps and figurines, but have you heard of Eclipse Phase? Eclipse Phase takes the same concept and applies it to a futuristic, dystopian world. It’s like D&D for Sci Fi fans!
And just as D&D has inspired countless fantasy novels, Eclipse Phase has inspired a series of novels set in the Eclipse Phase universe. Each book is a self-contained, standalone novel so you can read them in any order you like. Right now, they’re ALL priced at just 99 cents in Kindle format.
Lack -Eclipse Phase (5/5 stars)
It never ceases to shock when time slips away from me. Two weeks. Gone. Completely wiped from my existence. Two weeks ago, there was another me, sleeved in another morph. There was a mission and it led to my death.
Sava wakes from the dead with a new body and a new mission. This time, the job entails returning to a ruined Earth, avoiding the dangers left behind by an apocalyptic war between AIs and transhumanity, and putting their lives on the line for lost information. It is a mission they won’t forget–and may not remember at all.
“Lack” takes place in the Eclipse Phase universe. This story originally appeared in the Eclipse Phase Core Rulebook.
Your mind is software. Program it.
Your body is a shell. Change it.
Death is a disease. Cure it.
Extinction is approaching. Fight it.
Melt – Eclipse Phase (5/5 stars)
“It’s simple, really, to wind up on the winning side when you’ve created the winner. And the loser.”
The political chess match between the dominant Planetary Consortium and the newly-independent Morningstar Constellation on Venus threatens to ruin the lives of three individuals caught in the plot of an immortal oligarch.
“Melt” takes place in the Eclipse Phase universe. The story will appear in Sunward: The Inner System.
Into the White – Eclipse Phase (4/5 stars)
“Something put a fist full of fractal branching digits through his chest and took apart enough of his vital organs to kill him.”
The mysterious death of a scientist on the TITAN-altered moon Iapetus leads to an investigation of the research station’s personnel that eventually reveals one of the moon’s dark secrets.
“Into the White” takes place in the Eclipse Phase universe. The story will appear in the Rimward sourcebook.
Infinite Horizon – Eclipse Phase (5/5 stars)
I don’t know what happened on this world, but whatever the future holds, if we stand together, I believe transhumanity can face it.
A young Martian joins a group of gatecrashers sent to investigate the sudden silence from a remote anarchist exoplanet research station and encounters an unexpected threat.
“An Infinite Horizon” takes place in the Eclipse Phase tabletop roleplaying game universe. The story originally appeared in the Gatecrashing exoplanet exploration sourcebook.