Athena Nomad Clans available April 18 2026

Athena Nomad Clans

Some weapons are built. Some are born. Athena doesn't know which she is.
In the ruins of the AI Wars, she moves through a broken world reading it from the underneath: the weight people carry before they name it, the decision forming before the hand moves, the fear dressed up as anger in a man who hasn't admitted it to himself yet.
She doesn't know exactly what she is. She knows it isn't quite human.
What she has is Artemis — an android who has walked beside her for her entire life. Not her guardian exactly. Not her weapon. Something harder to name, and more durable.
The world they move through has fractured into Nomad clans, Militia columns, Settlements clinging to valley floors, and the quiet wreckage of people arranging their lives around whatever survived. Athena doesn't fix the broken places she walks through. She asks the right questions and waits for the actual answers.
She doesn't know yet what she's becoming. But the road north is telling her.
ATHENA is the first book in a series about a woman discovering the full shape of what she is — one broken place at a time.

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Current Titles & Upcoming Releases

  • Scheduled for early 2026 Release Project-J, The Pleadian Covenant, Orbital 7

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About The Author

D.B. Nap is an avid tennis player and science fiction enthusiast. When not hitting forehands on the court, he can usually be found exploring distant galaxies through the pages of his favorite sci-fi novels. D.B. draws inspiration from the physical talents of tennis legends and the boundless imagination of great science fiction authors. He currently resides outside of Dallas, Texas with his wife and alien cats, patiently awaiting the invention of viable time travel.

  • Check out the newest release Project-J

  • His bio photo is inspired by the graphic novel Dark Assassin

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