Are you so sure you’re the painter, and not the painting?

Micah has a hangover, a looming deadline, and a very opinionated rat following him around...

Transition by Ian Patterson
Ian Patterson

Ian Patterson

Ian Patterson is an award winning author of science fiction, horror, and poetry. His debut, Transference, won the Colorado Book Award for science fiction in 2025, and is part of a complete series called The Narrator Cycle. His work aims to critique capitalism, inequality, and environmental destruction by centering philosophical discussions in the trappings of fast-paced, genre-bending narratives. He believes all people should have bodily autonomy, equality, freedom, and that a more just future can be built on compassion and empathy. He can usually be found on his bike somewhere in the mountains of Colorado, or spending time with his family and his two cats. 

Books

Transition

Book Three of The Narrator Cycle
Book #3 from the series: The Narrator Cycle

Are you so sure you’re the painter, and not the painting?

Micah has a hangover, a looming deadline, and a very opinionated rat following him around the orbital station. No one else can see it—which is definitely not ideal.

Outside, the wealthy are fleeing Earth on seed ships. Inside, Micah’s team has days to perfect their gene-editing tech, or be...

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Transcendence

Book Two of The Narrator Cycle
Book #2 from the series: The Narrator Cycle

For fans of Red Rising, Altered Carbon, and the Bioshock franchise.

Who’s hand pens your story?

Nicholas, Charon, and Dorothy are separated, and stranded in a cosmos they don’t understand. Behind is a City that would kill them, and the cooling gulf of rage that split them. Their only landmarks now are the distant stars, galaxies, and antique...

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Transference

Book One of The Narrator Cycle
From the series: The Narrator Cycle

2025 Colorado Book Awards Winner: Science Fiction
2024 Discovery Editor’s Choice Award Shortlist


For fans of Red Rising, Altered Carbon, and the Bioshock franchise.

How do you bargain sickness for life?

Nicholas Fiveboroughs is a Sicko, someone that takes on others’ illnesses. In a city where diseases can be transferred, the rich buy longer lives...

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