Science Fiction - Ocean - Dystopian - Survival

Journey to an undersea world on the edge of extinction.

Welcome to the official site of Joseph Rhea, author of the Novum saga, Rogue Wave, and Cyberdrome. Dive into high-stakes adventures, strange new ecosystems, and the humans determined to outlast them.

Dystopian Undersea Saga Hard-SF Thrills Feature Film Scripts

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Books

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Novum Chronicles

Complete Novum Saga

The enemy has found our long-hidden refuge under the sea, the last colony of mankind. Will this be our final battle?

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Rogue Wave

Novum Origins, Book 1

A year before the events of the Novum series, a young mechanic discovers an ancient relic that could change everything.

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Cyberdrome

Techno-thriller

In the near future, a young hacker enters a virtual world to find the key to Earth's survival. Will he find it in time?

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Novum Saga

A dystopian undersea epic

Novum: Genesis

An untested captain steals a doomsday weapon from the depths of an alien sea.

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Novum: Exile

In Civica, the last human colony, an ancient enemy's return stirs deadly unrest.

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Novum: Rubicon

Fear consumes Civica as civil war erupts among Earth's last descendants.

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Novum: Revelation

Jacob Stone finds paradise far from Civica but something isn't right.

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Novum: Apocalypse

The Rogue Wave's return could mean humanity's end - or its salvation.

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Novum Chronicles

This is the complete five-book Novum saga in a single 600-page volume.

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Rogue Wave

Novum Origins Book 1: This is the first prequel story set in the Novum universe.

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About

Joseph Rhea

Joseph Rhea is a scientist, science fiction author, computer game designer, and believer in moving humanity forward, not backward. Advised by his high school English teacher to pursue a life of writing, he instead chose a career in engineering and science, driven by his need to explore the world and help create new technologies. Now he has come full circle and is using that experience to become a new voice in today's science fiction.

His work has been praised as "high-concept science fiction that blends hard science with relentless momentum." His debut, the award-winning techno-thriller Cyberdrome, was followed by the Novum Saga, a five-book undersea epic that envisions Earth's last survivors struggling to endure on a hostile ocean world. Most recently, he completed Rogue Wave, the first novel in the Novum Origins prequel trilogy - originally conceived as a feature screenplay.

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Journey to an undersea world on the edge of extinction!

Journey to an undersea world on the edge of extinction.

Books

Start with a standalone or plunge into the series.

Novum Chronicles

Rogue Wave

Cyberdrome

Novum Saga

A dystopian undersea epic

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Joseph Rhea

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