These are days of hardship and catastrophe,
but we are the fighters and
we are the winners.
– Singularity
(Book Two of the Eternities Duology)
The Time Door
A RECKLESS LAST MISSION ON MARS, A CRUSADE FOR JUSTICE ON EARTH…
Reuben Jackson is the only one who still cares about Mars. In the shambles of the Great Collapse, Earth has abandoned the Mars explorers to their fate. But Reuben will make a stand for the Mars team—even against the powerfully united politicians and scientists. In too deep, he discovers hidden conspiracies and unexpected allies.
As the conflict mounts on Earth, time runs down on Mars. Left to face Mars alone, Commander Donegan Moynihan and his team have no hope of surviving after their supplies are gone. Willing to accept a quicker death than starvation, the explorers strike out on a dangerous mission. They venture deep inside the ancient volcano of Arsia Mons, into perils and secrets long buried. What they discover would move mountains on Earth—but will it be enough to save themselves?
SINGULARITY
MACHINES IN REBELLION, HUMANITY ON THE BRINK…
Lila Stanislaw, a freelance analyst with a roster of foreign clients, is summoned by the U.S. government to hunt down a mysterious threat. She joins a team of strangers with pasts as colorful as her own. The mission spirals when they discover that the AI created to run the new colony on Mars has gone rogue on Earth. As the conflict mounts to war, Speaker of the House Manasseh Cruz joins the fight with an implacable will to destroy the enemy. But the team, racing to find any vulnerability, must first confront the question of what the AI truly is.
As robots stalk the landscape and toxins poison the air, Lila is certain that the AI must be completely destroyed for the good of humanity. But she will find that not all humans, or even all of her teammates, agree.
Meet the Author
About Shannon
Shannon McDermott is an author of science fiction and has been occupied for years with constructing scenarios of the colonization of Mars. The Time Door, her first Mars-centric novel, was released by Enclave Publishing in October 2024. Singularity, a story of AI and humanity, was released in October 2025. Shannon lives in the great Midwest, where she does her best to avoid icy weather, sweltering heat, and tornadoes, according to the season.
Shannon’s Blog
Latest Blog Posts
-
Hanging in the Stars
AI is a genie released from its bottle, and it is too late to go back.
-
What is a Person?
The question here raised is, What is a sufferer? You might as well ask, What is a person?
-
The New Babel
AI is the newest tool in the old business of spirituality.
-
The Heart of the Revolution
The crux of the AI Revolution is what will be outsourced to our thinking machines. Perhaps our jobs. Perhaps our reading. Perhaps our thinking. Perhaps our hearts.