An eight-novel speculative thriller cycle built around a recurring protagonist, a continuing ensemble, and a single anomaly whose effects become more consequential as institutions learn to benefit from them.
This page is intended as a concise orientation for editors, literary agents, publishing professionals, and adaptation contacts researching the project.
The anomaly is not framed as a conventional villain. It is observed through effects: less friction, faster decisions, altered dependencies, and safeguards that begin to look unnecessary because the surrounding system appears to work better.
The books maintain a recurring team whose members have distinct professional functions and distinct relationships with Roscoe. Personal continuity is designed to carry alongside the system-level escalation.
The project is being developed with long-form screen adaptation in mind, preserving an ensemble, recurring locations and relationships, and season-scale movements rather than treating each novel as an isolated premise.
For professionals already in correspondence with Michael B. Gilliam, please continue through the existing email thread so project materials and context remain together.