The SimCavalier Series
As blackmail and treachery unleash a storm of cybercrime, how many lives will be lost?
Cameron Silvera, aka the SimCavalier, is a hacker legend known for bringing systems back online, fast. When cyber criminals hold the world to ransom, the SimCavalier stops them in their tracks. But now she is their target, and she’s fighting for her life.
The Travels of Finch
Meet Finch. Cocktail lover, enthusiastic tourist, not yet wise to the ways of the galaxy.
Finch is a young avian on a mission to see the galaxy. There's plenty of danger out there on strange planets and in pirate-infested shipping lanes. Granny's old guide book from her travels a century earlier may help, or it could lead Finch into mortal peril.
Praise for the SimCavalier series
The writing is beautiful, clear and engaging. It has a twisting plot that keeps you hooked to the last and well drawn characters.
What a rush. This is a great story about the world of cybercrime and about how our future will look.
An Accidental Author
Blogs, childhood fan fiction, business reports and text books - sure. Speculative scifi? Never.
The first SimCavalier novel came as something of a surprise, written after a friend suggested that cybersecurity might be less dry as fiction. Cameron Silvera and the Argentum Associates team burst into life in Bitcoin Hurricane in 2017. Hacked Future and Tangled Fortunes followed, making up the Hacked trilogy. Critical Nexus started off a whole new story arc that continued in Unstable Realities and wrapped with book six, Quantum Breach in 2025.
While these books were brewing, a little avian by the name of Finch started making a regular appearance in my imagination, and their very own travelogue came out in February 2025.
The Galia Books imprint publishes the Finch stories and other projects that are coming soon.
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AI Use Statement
AI is increasingly embedded in tools used by creatives, and some AI generation can be hard to detect.
All my written work is original and no generative AI tools have been used in its creation.
Word processing, audio production and file formatting packages increasingly include AI tools to assist workflows. These do not interfere in the creative process, but their capabilities will be assessed on an ongoing basis.
My covers are designed by real humans.
- The covers of the eight SimCavalier titles (six books and two trilogy editions) were designed by Graeme Wilkinson of Sixth Element Publishing. Bookplate images used within the trilogy editions were created by Gordon Dylan Johnson and Gerd Altmann.
- The cover of Finch was designed by Nick Jenkinson.
- The covers of my short stories were designed by me on Photoshop.
- The covers of my non-fiction books were supplied by the respective publishers.
The elements used in each design are, as far as we can guarantee, human-created. Titles published prior to November 2022 pre-date ChatGPT. Titles published 2023-25 pre-date the effective detection and labelling of AI generated imagery among artwork providers. In designing new covers, we will always do our utmost to ensure that there are human artists behind each element used.
I create all my own marketing materials
Imagery for social posts, bookmarks, banners and stickers is designed by me on Photoshop using elements from the book covers and my personal branding (the KB logo and range of colours) which was created by James Atkins. I may use AI with caution to test phrasing for marketing purposes including limited character blurbs and short and pithy hooks.