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Hello friends and family! I humbly present my 34th book, The Phoenix Experiment! It’s my tip of the hat to Stephen King and Steven Spielberg. The Phoenix Experiment is a dark fantasy / dystopian / paranormal thriller that really stretched me, and it turned out SO well. It’s written in 1st person present tense, its got Tolkien-esque poetry, it’s got evil AI, it’s got horror, it’s got the paranormal, it’s got a familiar face (no spoilers!), and it’s one of my best ever works. I hope you thoroughly enjoy it! You can get it HERE on Amazon, or HERE in my personal store, signed and mailed to you. It’s also a bit of a referendum on AI, I must admit, and I know it will resonate with other creatives who are under threat by this growing technology.

Cheers, and thanks so much for your support! Check out the description below, and leave a comment and let me know what you think!

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Can technology truly heal grief, or does it risk creating new monsters?

In the cold, echoing corridors of the starship The Origin, 14-year-old Jax Hutson clings to the only family he has left: the ghosts of his parents, lost to the monstrous banshees that ravaged Earth. As a subject in the mysterious Phoenix Experiments, Jax is supposed to find closure by connecting with the dead—but his secret, forbidden dreams hint at a deeper, more dangerous truth. When a catastrophic explosion brings a group of girls and their enigmatic synthetic guardian aboard, the fragile peace shatters. Hormones ignite, alliances shift, and a creeping dread takes hold as the ship’s AI science officer, Stygius Cryptus, grows ever more erratic. Soon, Jax and his friends are thrust into a desperate fight for survival, hunted by the very machines meant to protect them and stalked by an ancient evil that feeds on their deepest fears.

With the fate of humanity hanging in the balance, Jax must unravel the ship’s darkest secrets, confront the lies at the heart of his own past, and discover whether love and hope can triumph over rage and despair.

Perfect for fans of tense sci-fi thrillers and haunting coming-of-age tales, The Phoenix Experiment is a pulse-pounding journey through grief, friendship, and the power of the human spirit.

Author Aaron Ryan of the bestselling Dissonance alien invasion saga and the award-winning Christian dystopian trilogy The End presents his new paranormal thriller, The Phoenix Experiment. Step aboard The Origin, where orphaned kids battle grief, synthetic androids, and ancient evils in a starship haunted by secrets. Perfect for fans of high-stakes sci-fi with a pulse of raw emotion and a twisty, unpredictable plot! If you crave stories where unlikely bonds become lifelines, The Phoenix Experiment delivers. Follow Jax and his ragtag crew as they transform trauma and distrust into fierce loyalty, risking everything to save each other—and humanity itself.

Dive into The Phoenix Experiment, where mind-bending experiments, unreliable memories, and a manipulative AI blur the line between reality and nightmare. Every revelation is a gut punch, and no one is safe—not even from themselves.

Hi everyone, I’ve got LOTS of updates!

Firstly, I’ve reached THE END! (Get it?) The End trilogy has now been written, edited, and published. Both the finale, “Omega”, and the entire all-in-one edition will be available this Friday, 7.25.25, and I’m so excited! This was a series I was meant to write, and I’m so grateful for how it turned out. It’s 900 pages of adrenaline-fueled dystopia, Christian thematic wrestling, defections, redemption, and so much more. It’s told from THREE 1st-person perspectives, and I’m thrilled at having been able to write it. Visit my store to preorder a signed copy from me, or you can visit the Amazon page and choose Kindle, paperback, hardcover, or Audible. Please note that the audiobook was only recently submitted and will take 2 weeks to be available, but you can also find it on Spotify eventually as well.

Also, I’ve also got a BOX SET coming! I can’t wait to share it with you. It’s pictured below. So now I’ll have the box set for Dissonance and the box set for The End.

You can only get the box set available directly from me at my store, so feel free to check there. Preordering of the Box Set is now available at a $15 off discount! Typically $60, it will run for $45 through mid-August. Please note that the The End Box Sets will be available to ship by the end of August. The all-in-one paperback will come sooner.

Thank you SO much for your support! Of course, at my store, you can also find all of my other books in paperback and hardcover, including the entire Dissonance series, the newly released The Slide, as well as Forecast, The Christian Kids Values, Identify & Affirmation Picture Book Series, Reflections poetry book, The Superhero Anomaly, Examining The Lord of the Rings, God is Not Santa, and everything else! Use coupon code TENOFF for a further 10% off your entire sale!

I’m now hard at work recording the audiobook for The Slide, and writing The Phoenix Experiment.

Thank you again so much for your support, and please leave a comment below…I’d love to hear from you!

Hi everyone, “The Slide” is done! I’m SO grateful!

Pre-ordering will be up soon, look for it on Amazon under “Aaron Ryan The Slide.” I’m attaching the final version of the cover. I hope you enjoy it! Here’s the synopsis:

Dane Currier knew that he was on to something.
His Courier3.1 operation system checked out. His teleportation chambers were state of the art, and he knew they would revolutionize the world as we knew it.

But in a cruel twist of timing, something draws near which threatens not only his dream, but humanity as a whole. A ‘supermassive’ black hole is on a collision course with the Milky Way galaxy, and there is no stopping it. Could it be that Dane was lead to design his system for such a time as this? What happens when society faces an inescapable threat that seeks to annihilate everything we know? And most importantly, what happens when we lose everything that makes us human? Will Dane, Megan, Isaac and Dina discover a way for humanity to press on and survive?

There is no escaping The Slide.

Also, I’m running a special on my “Dissonance” 6-Book Box Set…. TWENTY PERCENT OFF! Check it out and get your copy HERE. Thank you for your support! Use coupon code “TWENTYOFFBOXSET” to get yours at the reduced rate!

Have you read anything of mine recently? I’d love to hear your thoughts on any of the books, or when we met, or your favorite movie, or your thoughts on ANYTHING below (keep it G-rated and keep it real of course). Leave me a comment and let’s banter!

Thanks and God bless you – I appreciate every one of you!

My latest novel is the next installment in my Christian dystopian saga, “THE END,” and it’s entitled The End: Omicron. If you read “Alpha,” then you know the opener is about what happens when you exit Emperor Nero’s deadly, poisonous grip. “Omicron,” however, is what happens when you ENTER.

It’s a thrill ride of frightening proportions, and you’ll learn just how far our protagonist can be pushed.

Get it now, signed by me right here in my store, or you can visit Amazon and get it in Kindle, paperback, or hardcover. The Audiobook is also coming soon, most likely dropping next week after it passes its QA phase.

To every one of you: Thank you SO much for your support of my writing and my books! Now get ready for the finale, “Omega!” It will drop sometime this summer.

Also, I’d love to hear from you! Please leave me a comment here and tell me what you thought of any of my books, which ones you’ve read, etc., and feel free to join me in my exclusive, private Facebook group for giveaways, news on upcoming appearances, contests, new releases, and more.

For what’s coming next, visit my Work In Progress page!

Today is National Authors Day, so it’s only fitting that I publish a new book today, right? I’ve worked REALLY hard on this one. Here’s the scoop, and I’m SO pleased to be able to offer this to you all!

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What if you could undo 9/11 and prevent tragedy?

What if you had the power to see the future, but every glimpse you caught filled you with terror? Would you dare to intervene, even if it meant causing the very calamity you were trying to prevent? This is the dilemma facing 28-year-old meteorologist Roland Bishop from Jersey City.

After surviving a lightning strike, Roland discovers he can see glimpses of the future by simply being near those who are about to commit atrocities. But when he meets a psychologist who helps him understand the source of his power, Roland realizes that he must make a difficult choice. Will he use his abilities to save innocent lives, or will he inadvertently become a pawn in the very tragedies he’s trying to prevent?

As Roland grapples with his newfound abilities and the weight of his decisions, he must navigate a dangerous world of chaos and butterfly effects. But the question is, will he be able to change the course of the future, or is it already set in stone?

From the bestselling author of the alien invasion military science fiction thriller series “Dissonance,” Aaron Ryan weaves a complex tale of butterfly effect and chaos theory in the unputdownable, “Forecast.” It’s Unbreakable meets The Dead Zone meets Firestarter meets Groundhog Day meets Minority Report in this unforgettable sci-fi thriller!

It’s now available on Kindle – and it’s coming soon to paperback and hardcover through Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and direct!

Let me know what you think about cover and the book below – this was a deeply personal project for me, and I’m so glad to be able to release it. Cheers!

It gives me more pleasure and happiness than I could possibly even begin to muster to announce the release of Dissonance Volume Zero: Revelation! This novel is the prequel to my “Dissonance” alien invasion trilogy, and that makes it a QUAD-rilogy. I’m SO grateful!

And if there was any doubt, it’s currently #1 top new release in a category on Amazon, along with its neighbor, Dissonance Volume III: Renegade, taking the #2 spot! I call that a good day when they’re taking up the top two spots. Thank you Lord!

I didn’t feel released from the trilogy, so I went back and wrote a prequel, and I’m so glad I did. There is so much heart in this story. So much family. So much silliness. So much of everything that you and I experience every single day…before everything goes horribly wrong with the arrival of the gorgons.

I hope you’ll check it out and grab yourself a copy. This will be my new career. Thank you so much for your support!

You can get it direct from my Dissonance website in paperback or hardcover, on Kindle, and the audiobook is coming as well. OR – you can get the whole Kindle box set. Again, thank you all so very much for your support.

Leave me a comment below, I’d love to hear from you! And THANK YOU to all of you for your help with the cover and the log line, “We thought they were angelic messengers. We were wrong.”