Suspense · Thrillers · Illustrated worlds

Stories of secrets, pressure, loyalty, and the cost of truth.

Roy Kern writes suspense, espionage thrillers, mysteries, comics, middle-grade adventures, and speculative fiction driven by character, consequence, and worlds that refuse to stay quiet.

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Raven Saga · Book 1

The Canary Program

Some systems don’t protect. They erase.

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Raven Saga · Book 2

Black Channel

The deeper the channel goes, the less anyone is meant to survive it.

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File 03 · Incoming · 08.2026

The Raven Directive

The Raven Saga's opening trilogy reaches its first major payoff. Black channels close. Cover identities hold or break.

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Long arc · 2027 — 2028

The Convergence.

One crisis. Two sides. One family the system failed to erase.

Combined Event · Book 8

The Shadow Convergence

2027-07

Combined Event · Book 9

The Congressional File

2027-Q4 / 2028-Q1

Combined Event · Book 10

The Remnant Protocol

2028-Q2 / Q3

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Also from Roy Kern

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Back catalog

Psychological thrillers & science fiction

The Invitation series and Galactic Chronicles: Rising Shadows. Available now on Amazon.

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For younger readers

Children’s illustrated books

Giggleville, The Adventures of Isabel Bright, Adventure Paws, and more.

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