Three connected psychological thrillers

Follow the signal through.

Investigative podcaster Nora Mercer and the Field Static team look for evidence behind unexplained recordings. Each book carries them further into questions of sound, memory, belief, and trust.

Cover of Dead Air by J. Kepler Arden, marked Book One of The Night Signal Trilogy
The Night Signal · Book One

Dead Air

Some recordings should stay silent.

Nora Mercer expects unexplained phenomena to withstand careful testing. Then a series of disturbing recordings challenges what she knows about sound, memory, and the voices of people who should not be speaking.

Kindle pre-orderPaperback listed on AmazonReleases Nov 10, 2026
Cover of The Borrowed Voice by J. Kepler Arden, marked Book Two of The Night Signal Trilogy
The Night Signal · Book Two

The Borrowed Voice

When a familiar voice can no longer be trusted, what happens to the truth?

Nora and the Field Static team investigate voices that imitate the living and answer questions nobody asked. An enormous audio archive offers a new lead—and makes it harder to separate evidence from manipulation.

Kindle pre-order openPaperback pre-order coming soonReleases Dec 10, 2026

The Kindle edition is available to pre-order now. The paperback pre-order link is coming soon.

Cover of Last Transmission by J. Kepler Arden, marked Book Three of The Night Signal Trilogy
The Night Signal · Book Three

Last Transmission

Every signal has a source. Every mystery has a cost.

In the final installment, Nora faces the consequences of everything that came before. With trust fractured and evidence compromised, she and her team begin their most consequential search for the truth.

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Dead Air releases November 10, 2026. Its Kindle edition is available to pre-order, and the paperback edition is listed on Amazon. The Borrowed Voice is scheduled for December 10, 2026; its Kindle edition is available to pre-order, with the paperback link coming soon.

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Read The Night Signal in order: Dead Air, The Borrowed Voice, then Last Transmission.

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