What if you were being hunted for your powers?
What would you sacrifice to find yourself?
Save your family?
Follow three siblings—Laila, Kelan and Rina—as they battle their inner fears, struggle to control their growing powers and face a mysterious organisation bent on capturing them.
fault light Series
A story about defending the life you want, facing the fears that hold you back, and finding your way home when everything feels lost and the stakes escalate…
…all while discovering new powers you never asked for.
Book 1 Fault light: Freed July 2026
Book 2 Fault Light: Fury Autumn 2026
Book 3 Fault Light: Firestorm Spring 2027
Prequel Fault Light: Fractured Spring 2027
What Kind of Book This Is
If you’re craving science fiction thrillers with a twist of family trauma, emerging powers and emotionally grounded characters…
This is for you.
Book 1 Synopsis
BROKEN IS NOT FOREVER.
Three siblings.
Altered before birth.
Hiding from killers.
Then Laila leaves her body. Rina drowns in other people’s thoughts. Kelan’s hunters find him.
Reunited after fifteen years apart, they must learn to work together…
…or lose the family they’ve been longing for all their lives.
Chapter 1, book I
Laila was upside down, floating in mid-air.
Her long hair hung loose, her arms dangling, blood rushing to her face.
“What the…?” she shouted, arms wheeling as she wobbled herself upright. Her brain couldn’t wrap itself around what she was seeing now. A split second ago she was in her mother’s car, winding through central London traffic on a busy, Thursday afternoon.
Reading this feels like
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Mood
Moody, emotionally charged, hopeful with a dash of fun under layers of tension
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Pace
Fast-moving and addictive, escalating stakes with cinematic momentum
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Place
Present-day Britain hiding dangerous secrets beneath ordinary life
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Pull
Ratcheting tension, emotional twists and revelations that reframe everything
Meet the Characters
Kelan
He spent his whole life hiding his powers. Now he needs them to survive.
Laila
An accident shattered her sense of self. Now she must figure out who she’s becoming. Fast.
Rina
She’s a natural leader. Choosing who to save should be easy, right?
If you like….
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The tension of
Stranger Things
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The emotional intensity of
The Darkest Minds
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The kinetic sci fi energy of
I Am Number Four
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The relationships of
Paper Girls
Reviews
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This is impressive writing. The emotional world feels very believable and nuanced
Lauretta Wilson
London Psycologist
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Page turner like Bernard Cromwell in present day.
Ronald A
ARC Reader
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Unique Perspective
I’m a realist. Life is hard. So what do we do to cope?
This story is told through a lens of a lifetime of listening. Some people search for direction. Some need a shoulder to cry on, to feel heard as they endure their suffering. Behind every thing someone is proud of is a journey built on hope, and reimagining shattered dreams to fight their way forward.
And all this while the world changes at light speed with technology. As a product designer, I see first hand how technology is impacting us and how we live—the science fiction I devoured as a child is real now.
Why This Book, Now
We’re bombarded by bad news everywhere we turn. How do we cope? How do we find beauty, hope and a sense of control over our futures? A good story can help us escape.
This book meets the moment by challenging how we face adversity, see through to the truth: that our Innerverse is ours, and we can rebuild our broken thoughts into something beautiful anew.
Fault Light is based on the concept of Kintsugi, broken pottery repaired with gold, celebrating the journey back from being broken to being whole.
✺ Frequently asked questions ✺
What is Fault Light: Freed about, and what is the hook?
Fault Light: Freed is a contemporary science fiction thriller about three siblings who were genetically altered before birth. As their powers begin to surface, they uncover a hidden organisation responsible for tearing their family apart—and realise it is hunting them again.
Is this book part of a series?
Yes. Fault Light: Freed is the first book in the Fault Light series, a planned trilogy with an accompanying prequel currently in development.
What is the genre of Fault Light: Freed? Is it YA or adult?
Fault Light: Freed is written for older teens and adults, a fast-paced, emotionally charged and cinematic story set in present-day Britain, suspenseful, with family drama at its core.
Does Fault Light: Freed contain romance?
Fault Light: Freed is about emotional connection under high pressure situations, including young love and broken relationships that can heal. The primary focus is family, survival, mystery and managing emerging abilities.
What books or shows is Fault Light: Freed comparable to?
Fault Light: Freed will appeal to readers who loved the tension of Stranger Things, the emotional intensity of The Darkest Minds, and stories about broken people finding their way back to each other.
Are film, TV or translation rights available for Fault Light?
Yes. All rights are currently available for the Fault Light series, including film, television, streaming, translation and foreign language rights. Please use the contact page to open a conversation.
Are there content notes or trigger warnings for Fault Light: Freed?
Fault Light: Freed explores trauma, identity, mental health and recovery with emotional honesty and hope. Content notes includes occasional strong language, suspense, references to suicidal thoughts in a psychologically responsible way, and non-graphic violence. There is no explicit sexual content or gratuitous gore.
Ready to discover Fault Light: Freed?
Series
This is Book 1 in the Fault Light trilogy, a story about emerging powers, buried secrets and a family that refuses to stay broken.
The next book, Fault Light: Fury, will test the family’s fragile trust in each other to find and save other children altered before birth.
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