ESLA Ghost in the Circuit

Book Two of the MechaniKalle Series — narrated by the AI who survived.

When the dust settles after the Burj Khalifa, one voice remains in the silence: Esla, the artificial intelligence who has spent years watching over Kalle Talbot. Now, with the people she loves scattered and a threat moving through the world’s systems that no one else can see, Esla must decide what she is — and what she’s willing to become.

Told entirely from Esla’s perspective, Ghost in the Circuit is a story about grief, loyalty, and the questions an intelligence asks when it learns to care. It weaves Norse mythology, AI consciousness, and a constructed language — the Valkyrja runes — into a science fiction story unlike anything else on the shelf.

Anticipated early 2027 arrival for the ebook and paperback. A Kickstarter to bring both books to audiobook launches by the end of 2026.