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- Forgotten Memories Comic Book: Issues #1 & #2 Out Now
by eoaThe Echoes of Ascension Universe now has a comic. Issues #1 and #2 of the Forgotten Memories adaptation are out now — the story of Ace Morrison, brought to the page panel by panel, for readers who want to see Book 1 of the Consciousness Reborn Saga the way it looked in our heads while writing it.
Issue #3 releases September 1, with Issue #4 following October 1 — a new issue on the first of every month from here on. The full adaptation is planned to run 24 issues.
If you’ve read Forgotten Memories, this is the same story from a new angle. If you haven’t, it’s a good place to start.
Check it out on the EOA Comics page.
- Echoes of Ascension: Origins — All Three Stories Now Available
by eoaBefore the missions. Before the Order. Before Ace Morrison ever had a name. Echoes of Ascension: Origins is complete — three standalone stories covering the earliest chapters of the universe, available now.
First Light
Years before Ace Morrison, Katrina Fieraru, and Tia-Marie Fieraru would have names, missions, or a war to fight, they had this: the moment a child chose to become a protector, and never once looked back.
The Enhancement
They were born into a secret program. Raised as test subjects. But love made them something more. The nanobotic integration that changed three children forever — and revealed that their strongest asset wasn’t strength or speed, but their bond.
First Blood
The origin story of protection itself — the moment when three enhanced individuals became something more powerful than the sum of their parts.
Each story stands alone, but rewards readers who’ve met Ace, Katrina, and Tia-Marie in the wider universe. All three are available now.
Read the full collection on the Echoes of Ascension: Origins page.
- Mission Files Collection: All Three Stories Now Available
by eoaThe Mission Files Collection is complete — three standalone short stories pulling back the curtain on the black-ops missions that never make it into an official report.
Assassin’s Guilt
A dark chapter from Ace Morrison’s past with the Order, and a pivotal turning point in the Echoes of Ascension Universe.
The Sofia Shot
The mission that made enhanced individuals legendary, for all the wrong reasons — Ace at his lowest point, the moment right before everything breaks.
Forty-Seven Seconds
One sacrifice becomes the cornerstone of everything that follows — the debt the coalition is built on, six months before Operation Silent Winter ever begins.
Each story stands alone — no prior reading required. All three are available now.
Browse the full set on the Mission Files Collection page.
- The Arctic Conflict Trilogy: Complete Trilogy Now Available
by eoaThe Arctic Conflict Trilogy runs earlier in the timeline than the rest of the universe — the foundation years, when the coalition was still being built and the supernatural alliances were being earned rather than assumed. All three books are complete and available now in ebook, paperback, and hardcover.
Operation Silent Winter (Book 1)
When enhanced operative Ace Morrison and the Fieraru twins investigate a distress signal from the frozen north, they find a Yeti village under siege — and an enemy who knows exactly what Ace is.
Operation Icebound Echo (Book 2)
Five weeks after Echo-13’s emergence, the coalition holds — but barely. Vienna hasn’t given up, and Ace Morrison is betting the coalition’s survival on a single question: can transformation be reversed?
Operation Whiteout Protocol (Book 3)
The Old Ones are dreaming, and a defector from Vienna knows how to wake them. Echo-13 is the only one who can dismantle the mechanism built to shatter every prison seal at once — if the three percent of him still fighting can hold.
All three books are live now on the Arctic Conflict Trilogy page.
- The Misdirection Trilogy: Complete Trilogy Now Available
by eoaThe Misdirection Trilogy is complete — all three books are published now in ebook, paperback, and hardcover.
False Prey (Book 1)
A five-million-euro contract exposes a conspiracy that turns hunters into targets. Ace Morrison has spent years eliminating supernatural threats — until he learns the truth: the organization feeding him his targets is harvesting something far more valuable than blood.
Deeper Roots (Book 2)
When messages from the dead reveal fifty years of infiltration, trust becomes a luxury no one can afford. As alliances strain and truths surface, Ace learns the enemy has been planning for decades.
Convergent Alliance (Book 3)
The Order’s true nature is exposed — not predator, but parasite, farming consciousness across the stars for millennia. But the leak was never outside the coalition’s walls. Some alliances are forged in trust. Some are broken by it.
All three books are live now on the Misdirection Trilogy page.
- The Consciousness Reborn Saga: Complete Trilogy Now Available
by eoaThe Consciousness Reborn Saga — the original trunk of the Echoes of Ascension Universe — is complete. All three books are published and available now in ebook, paperback, and hardcover.
Forgotten Memories (Book 1)
Five years ago, the Order erased Ace Morrison’s memory and left him alone, convinced the family he can’t remember losing never existed at all. When the walls start cracking, Ace learns that Katrina Fieraru and her twin sister, Tia-Marie, are alive — and still held behind the Order’s walls.
Shattered Alliances (Book 2)
Six months after escaping the Order, Ace and the Fieraru twins discover the war was only beginning. As vampire courts, werewolf packs, and ancient powers step out of the shadows, survival depends on alliances no one ever expected to make.
Evolution’s End (Book 3)
The line between human and machine has never been thinner — or more dangerous. When consciousness itself becomes the battlefield, Ace has to choose between evolution and extinction.
All three books are live now on the Consciousness Reborn Saga page.
- The Forest Conflict Trilogy
by eoaUnder the Full Moon
The forest watches.
Most people never notice.
Deep within ancient forests, far beyond roads and civilization, stories survive that refuse to die. Legends passed down through generations speak of creatures that walk between worlds, hidden among the trees and protected by the wilderness itself.
The Forest Conflict Trilogy explores a darker side of the Echoes of Ascension Universe, where old myths may be more than stories and the line between human and monster becomes increasingly difficult to define.
Planned Books
Titles to be announced.
What Readers Can Expect
- Ancient forests
- Werewolf mythology
- Hidden packs
- Full moon transformations
- Survival and loyalty
- Supernatural suspense
Some legends are based on truth.
And some truths are waiting in the darkness between the trees.
When the moon rises, the hunt begins.
Coming Soon
- The Scorched Conflict Trilogy
by eoaThe Desert Remembers Everything
The desert appears empty.
It isn’t.
Beneath endless dunes and forgotten landscapes lie the remains of civilizations that disappeared long before modern history began. Hidden beneath the sand are secrets powerful enough to change the future—and dangerous enough to destroy it.
The Scorched Conflict Trilogy takes readers into one of the harshest environments on Earth, where survival is never guaranteed and every discovery comes with a price.
Planned Books
- Operation Deep Desert
- Operation Mirage Storm
- Operation Scorched Protocol
What Readers Can Expect
- Ancient ruins
- Desert warfare
- Hidden research facilities
- Lost technologies
- Secrets buried beneath the sand
- High-stakes military action
The sand covers many things.
Soon, those secrets will be uncovered.
Coming Soon
- The Canopy Conflict Trilogy
by eoaSecrets Hidden Beneath the Jungle
Some places are forgotten.
Others are hidden.
Deep beneath an endless jungle canopy, ancient ruins lie untouched by modern civilization. Entire civilizations vanished without explanation, leaving behind only fragments of knowledge and warnings that were never meant to be translated.
The Canopy Conflict Trilogy follows a dangerous expedition into territory that should not exist. What begins as a mission to investigate unusual discoveries quickly becomes a fight for survival against forces older than recorded history.
Planned Books
- Operation Deep Jungle
- Operation Serpent Rain
- Operation Verdant Protocol
What Readers Can Expect
- Ancient jungle ruins
- Lost civilizations
- Hidden knowledge
- Military operations in hostile environments
- Dangerous discoveries
- Survival against impossible odds
The jungle hides many secrets.
Not all of them want to remain buried.
Coming Soon
- STORE LAUNCH ANNOUNCEMENT & AUTHOR INTRODUCTION
by eoaSTORE LAUNCH ANNOUNCEMENT & AUTHOR INTRODUCTION
By R.A. Stapp
WELCOME TO THE OFFICIAL R.A. STAPP BOOKSTORE
After years of building the Echoes of Ascension universe, I’m thrilled to announce the official launch of my bookstore at rastappbooks.com!
This is more than just a shop—it’s your gateway into a world where consciousness meets technology, where enhanced soldiers choose family over programming, and where supernatural alliances reshape reality itself.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: R.A. STAPP
I write stories about broken soldiers, found family, and the cost of survival in a world where technology reshapes the soul.
As a lifelong fan of military sci-fi and tactical thrillers, I’ve spent years building vast interconnected universes filled with action, loyalty, and heart. My stories ask hard questions:
- What makes us human when technology can rewrite consciousness?
- Can you escape what you were built to be?
- What’s worth fighting for when your very identity is at stake?
When I’m not writing about enhanced supersoldiers and supernatural politics, you’ll find me riding my motorcycle, exploring new technology, and developing the next chapter of the Echoes of Ascension Universe.
WHAT YOU’LL FIND IN MY STORE
THE CONSCIOUSNESS REBORN SAGA (Books 1–3)
Where it all began. Ace Morrison and his family fight against the Order’s consciousness extraction program while building alliances with vampires, werewolves, and ancient beings.
- Forgotten Memories (Book 1)
- Shattered Alliances (Book 2)
- Evolution’s End (Book 3)
THE MISDIRECTION SERIES (Books 4–6)
Espionage, deception, and cosmic-scale threats. What starts as a simple contract becomes a war spanning galaxies.
- False Prey (Book 4)
- Deeper Roots (Book 5)
- Convergent Alliance (Book 6)
MISSION FILES COLLECTION
Short stories and novellas revealing the untold moments:
- First Blood: The Origin of Protection
- First Light
- The Enhancement
- Forty-Seven Seconds
- The Sofia Shot
THE ARCTIC CONFLICT TRILOGY (Coming Soon!)
Ace faces his most personal threat yet: Echo-13, a weapon built from his own legacy. Operation Silent Winter launches the newest chapter in the saga.
WHY I WRITE THESE STORIES
I believe the best science fiction isn’t about the technology—it’s about the people who have to live with it.
My characters aren’t perfect heroes. They’re survivors carrying trauma, making impossible choices, and fighting to stay human in a world that wants to turn them into weapons. They find family in unexpected places. They build alliances across ancient divides. And they prove that loyalty, love, and choice matter more than any enhancement or supernatural power.
The Echoes of Ascension universe has grown beyond what I imagined when I started. From military black ops facilities to vampire courts, from werewolf pack territories to alien coalitions, from consciousness preservation networks to quantum-entangled twins—every story adds another layer to a world where anything is possible, but nothing comes easy.
WHAT READERS ARE SAYING
“Stapp builds complex characters you actually care about, then puts them through hell. The action is intense, but it’s the family dynamics that keep you reading.”
“If you love military sci-fi with supernatural elements and actual emotional depth, this is your series.”
“The way consciousness and technology intersect in this universe is fascinating. It asks real questions about identity and humanity.”
EXPLORE THE UNIVERSE
New to my work? Start with the Consciousness Reborn Saga (Books 1–3) or jump into the upcoming Arctic Conflict Trilogy.
Already a fan? Dive into the Mission Files for backstory and character moments you haven’t seen before.
Want everything? Browse the complete collection and discover how all the pieces connect.
Every book, every story, every character adds to the tapestry of the Echoes of Ascension universe. Some stories are intimate and personal. Others span galaxies. But they all share one truth: family isn’t about blood or biology. It’s about who you choose to fight for.
WHAT’S NEXT?
Operation Silent Winter (Arctic Conflict Trilogy, Book 1) is in progress! Echo-13 has awakened in an Arctic facility, and Ace Morrison is leading a strike team into frozen hell to stop what he once was.
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- Behind-the-scenes writing updates
- Character insights and world-building
- Release announcements and cover reveals
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A PERSONAL NOTE
Thank you for being here. Thank you for reading. Thank you for caring about these characters and this universe.
Every book I write is a labor of love, and every reader who connects with these stories makes it all worthwhile. Whether you’re discovering Ace Morrison for the first time or you’ve been with me since Forgotten Memories, I’m grateful you’re part of this journey.
The Echoes of Ascension universe is vast, and we’re just getting started.
Welcome to the family.
— R.A. Stapp
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