The Lantern Edge Series
Hard-science space opera where knowing changes what is known, comfort demands a price, and love is the only persistence that outlasts reality's edits.
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Book 1: The Map That Blinked — Coming 2026
Book 1
Book 2
Book 3
Book 4 — Finale
J. Kepler Arden is a science-literate speculative fiction author whose work explores the human costs of discovery in an interactive universe.
The Lantern Edge series combines rigorous physics with deep emotional stakes, asking what it means to know—and to love—in a reality that responds.