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Bay Enclave · 2043

The Max Mercer Series

Rain. Neon. Missing inventors. Algorithms that know too much.

Bay Enclave, 2043. A debt-ridden PI takes a job no one else will touch: find a vanished inventor before the city’s nightly low-power state erases the evidence—and before someone decides he is part of the case.

What to expect

Near-future noir

Rain-soaked streets, low-power nights, and a city that dreams of better days.

Private investigator mystery

Max Mercer works the edges of Old San Francisco for whoever can still pay.

Corporate conspiracies

Halcyon Industries, vanished inventors, and machines nobody should control.

A continuing world

Start with Book 1. Each case has its own mystery while Bay Enclave expands.

Reading order

Start here. Continue in order.

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01 · START HERE

The Halcyon Key

When a cryptic call and a mysterious dame both come knocking with the same name — Silas Vane — Mercer knows he’s being played. Kindle $4.99 · 125 pages · Kindle Unlimited.

Prefer EPUB/PDF direct? Also on Gumroad for books 2–3.

Series page on Amazon: B0GKHSRX43.

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