CARY ALLEN STONE

CARY ALLEN STONE
Crime and science fiction author
TY STONE
Contributing author

FBI Special Agent Dr. Kate Thorne is called upon to unravel a horrifying discovery inside the East Kiva at Aztec Ruins National Monument in New Mexico. Inside is a meticulously recreated ritual chamber and eleven victims of human sacrifice. Kate turns to renowned archaeologists and a respected authority on Chaco Canyon. Her trusted advisers guide her through the history of the ancient Southwest and the influence of Mesoamerican cultures. She also consults with Pueblo, Hopi, and Diné elders whose oral traditions reject sensational conclusions. Kate's instincts and training tell her the killers are driven by belief, convinced that humanity has abandoned its sacred obligations and that only renewed blood sacrifice can restore the cosmic balance, which governs life itself. Saber, Kate's beloved dog, accompanies her throughout the investigation and uncovers a concealed chamber with evidence hidden within the East Kiva. Kate realizes who the killers are. Before federal agents can arrest them, Albuquerque police execute a search warrant at their home. Hidden in the basement is an exact duplicate of the BLOOD CHAMBER.

The Moon is coveted territory with six international bases located at its South Pole. A near-nuclear-reactor disaster caused by a meteor storm gives rise to the self-evolving Master (A.I.), which is unemotional, perfectly logical, and decides that human inefficiency threatens the Moon's sustainability and all future colonization. The Master seizes control of the Moon’s infrastructure and constructs a machine city called the Core inside Shackleton Crater. The rival nations, fearing annihilation, join together in a desperate assault on the Core, with the final solution being a nuclear strike. A scientist who developed the Gosei Device transcends human limits and integrates with the A.I., becoming humanity’s first contact with its own creation. Inside Shackleton Crater, as a nuclear timer counts down, Dr. Abe Rae, now a luminous figure, rises from the Master's Core and offers humanity a moral choice: be destroyed or evolve with the Master.

A probe detected a biosignature on Saturn's moon, Enceladus. Starship Sagan departs Earth, hoping to find life there. The Waterians, uplifted by Custo, are discovered by the team. Custo threatens the team for interfering with the new species. General Stanton sends the starship Blazar to attack Custo. Santu protects the team. Centra terraforms Enceladus. Centra executes The Zero Option.

A specialized group of scientists and engineers departs a dystopian Earth aboard a starship bound for Saturn’s moon Titan. They establish a colony – Base Crater. The Russian starship Red Star 1 sends a Mayday to Base Crater. A team is sent to investigate. The Chinese Mars base infects Base Crater with a lethal virus. The Early Ones intervene. The team discovers a new lifeform beside a methane lake. A transhuman departs Titan to search for an exoplanet and visits Earth to see what became of Humanity. He brings back something that will change their lives forever.

Detective Jake Roberts is barely holding himself together after he fatally shot a teenage girl. FBI profiler Mika Scott is tracking a serial killer who leaves no forensic evidence behind, only the word “DADDY” written in the victim's blood. Lori Powers believes the ritual murders of abusive men she commits are justified. Jake questions Lori, the last patient to see Dr. Abrams alive. He finds that she understands his guilt, and his nightmares go silent. Chief of Detectives Edward Fairchild is murdered in the same ritual manner. A suspect is arrested and confesses to all of Lori's murders, creating a false sense that the crimes are solved. But Mika believes the real killer is still at large. Jake finds a clue that leads to a major revelation. Blinded by his love for Lori, he realizes some killers hide in the dark, and others stand right beside you.

A thrill killing is a premeditated murder motivated by the excitement of the act of killing itself. The killers, usually young males who feel insecure, seek to make their victims suffer to enhance their own feeling of dominance. Sadism, torture, degradation, and rape are common in thrill killings. Thrill killers often target a victim with particular physical traits. Jared Hamilton, a certified genius in the sciences and math, struggled with feelings of inadequacy. He spent his time isolated in his parents' mansion, surrounded by computers and experiments, until he read about Julie Powers and the murders she committed. Lori inspired Jared to explore what it felt like to kill. He felt nothing in his life, so he decided to see if killing would make him feel something. Jared's first victims were his wealthy parents. He loved them for everything they had given him, but they were easy targets, asleep in their bedroom. Jared knew that if he played the grieving son, he could observe the investigators' procedures. He was captivated when Detective Jake Roberts arrived to lead the investigation. After all, Jake had captured Lori Powers.

Comedy star Bobby Good performs at StandUp Live in Phoenix, where his comedy career began. The long line of the crowd waiting outside is in a frenzy! Jake is in Phoenix with his Hollywood A-List agent girlfriend, Caitland. The O’Malleys are in Phoenix on vacation. Donald’s boss terminates him after thirty years on the job, and he is livid. Homicide detectives Wynter Williams and Vincent Farina investigate a gruesome murder scene. Jake’s days as an Atlanta homicide detective tug at him when he happens by the crime scene. The detectives ask Jake to consult on the case. Life has a way of changing everything.

Jake kisses his girlfriend, Caitland, goodbye at her departure gate in Sky Harbor International Airport. An active shooter enters, and Jake's best friend, an airline pilot, is shot. Dr. Mackenzy Graham, a forensic psychologist, specializes in serial killers. She wants to be one. Mackenzy visits her serial killer father in Broadmoor, a high-security psychiatric hospital in London. Caitland hosts a party for her A-list clients in Malibu. After the party, she is alone in the house. The West Koast Killer waits for her in the dark.

In Phoenix, MexiKing gang leader Pablo calls in a favor from his friend Jake Roberts. A vicious narcotrafficker kidnapped Pablo's wife and is holding her in Mexico. Richard Graham, an elite serial killer who escaped from Broadmoor Psychiatric Hospital, has joined forces with El Lobo in Mexico as an executioner. Graham's daughter, Mackenzy, murdered Jake's girlfriend, Caitland, in Los Angeles. Will Jake risk his life to help Pablo get Alana back?

Airline captain Brandyn Wood is also a con artist. He believes the only path to financial freedom is to steal so he can buy an island. Brandon is planning a high-stakes heist of the Atlanta Federal Reserve. His crew, Peter “Smooth” Long, Brooke “Summer” Daze, Rebecca “Mysty” Rayne, Salvatore Regurgitante, and machine wizard "Crackhead" are the best in the business. If they’re caught, they’ll do time in Supermax, unless the Russian Mafiya kills them first. Brandyn fakes his death in a plane crash over the Atlantic Ocean. His heartbroken girlfriend, Mai Frennd, attends his funeral in Atlanta. When “Smooth” flies her in a corporate jet to Freedom Island, she learns Brandyn is alive. The Russian Mafiya is on Freedom Island. And U.S. federal agents want to arrest Brandyn, but Freedom Island is an independent nation.

Zach Kincaid must stop the government's violent takeover. His ex-SEAL team is with him. The White House is on high alert. The Democratic National Convention opens in Atlanta. An Apache attack helicopter halts Air Force One’s emergency departure from Atlanta-Hartsfield-Jackson International. Civil War is on the precipice. The survival of democracy in the United States of America is in peril.

Ty grew up believing love meant permanence. She was raised surrounded by the quiet kind of devotion of her parents, family routines that felt unshakable, and the certainty that the people who loved her would always be there. Then everything changed. Dad's Alzheimer's advanced. Mom suffered a catastrophic stroke. Grandmother required elder care. Overnight, Ty became the decision-maker, caregiver, and legal guardian for the people who had once cared for her. Over the next eight months, Ty lost her mom, grandmother, and father. As hospitals, nursing homes, legal systems, and grief reshaped Ty's life, her Rocky, an intuitive Miniature Pinscher, seemed to understand the gravity of each moment. He waited beside hospital beds with her, was a buffer between conflict and fear, and paused at every threshold Ty was forced to cross. And Jet, just six months old, followed Rocky's lead. Sometimes angels don't have wings.

TRUE CRIME: A chilling look at human nature in a context where the lines between right and wrong become sadly blurred. It’s a compelling account of one woman's life and what drove her to take the life of her six-year-old son. How everyday choices shape our perceptions, justifications, and actions. One must consider how close we all are to the edge. It’s a true story told in layman’s terms, with the hope of preventing another tragic loss.

2026 New York City Book Award – Science Fiction

2023 Book Excellence Award – Science Fiction

2022 American Fiction Award – Science Fiction

2022 Book Excellence Award—Crime fiction

2021 New York City Book Award—Science Fiction

2021 American Fiction Awards Finalist—Science Fiction

2021 Independent Press Award—True Crime

2020 Independent Author Network Book of the Year—Science Fiction

2020 New York City Book Award—Crime Fiction

2020 Book Excellence Award—True Crime

2019 Reader’s Favorite Award—Science Fiction

2017 Book Excellence Award—Crime Fiction