Edward W. Robertson

Biography

A 30-year-old former New Yorker and Idaho-guy, Ed currently lives in the LA area, where he works as a sci-fi/fantasy writer, movie critic, web writer, and freelancer. His short fiction has appeared in a dozen different magazines online and in print.

Where to find Edward W. Robertson online

Series

Breakers
Breakers
Price: Free!
Melt Down
Price: $3.99 USD.
Knifepoint
Price: $3.99 USD.
Reapers
Price: $3.99 USD.
Cut Off
Price: $3.99 USD.
Captives
Price: $3.99 USD.

Books

Titans
Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 95,580. Language: English. Published: May 14, 2015 . Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » Space opera
Rob Dunbar is the world's best history professor. And with good reason: he's been alive for three thousand years, keeping his existence a secret since before the days of Athens. But he's about to be outed--and dragged into a rebellion spanning the Solar System.
The Cutting Room
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 83,160. Language: English. Published: May 14, 2015 . Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » Adventure
In the future, there are many parallel Earths--but only one of them has time travel. Known as Primetime, its criminals break into the pasts of other worlds, far beyond the reach of conventional police. Blake Din is the top agent of the Cutting Room, the group tasked with stopping these trespassers.
The Breakers Series: Books 1-3
Series: Breakers. Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 352,590. Language: English. Published: May 14, 2015 . Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » Adventure, Fiction » Science fiction » Apocalyptic
In the BREAKERS series, humanity faces not one apocalypse, but two: first a lethal pandemic, then a war against those who made the virus. This collection includes the first three books and is over 1000 pages (350,000 words) of post-apocalyptic survival.
Relapse
Series: Breakers, Book 7. Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 134,290. Language: English. Published: May 14, 2015 . Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » Adventure, Fiction » Science fiction » Apocalyptic
Anson's army has driven Raina from the mainland, but the war is far from over. From the safety of Catalina Island, she launches a guerrilla campaign, meaning to weaken him cut by cut. Pressured on all sides, Raina's grip on the island is slipping. But the threat of losing her people is nothing compared to the threat Ness and his alien friend Sebastian have discovered across the Pacific.
Captives
Series: Breakers, Book 6. Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 128,650. Language: English. Published: May 14, 2015 . Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » Adventure, Fiction » Science fiction » Apocalyptic
Once, Walt Lawson saved the world. Lately, he's lived in peaceful anonymity with his girlfriend Carrie. This morning, she's been kidnapped. Walt has a single lead: the van that took her. Its trail points him up the coast to San Jose—but the hunt will push him to the limit.
Cut Off
Series: Breakers, Book 5. Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 119,100. Language: English. Published: May 14, 2015 . Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » Adventure, Fiction » Science fiction » Apocalyptic
It's been six years since the plague and Tristan has spent five of them in Maui with her brother Alden. Life seems quiet. Simple. Peaceful. But when she discovers an alien installation hidden in the mountains, it will mean the end of everything Tristan's built.
Reapers
Series: Breakers, Book 4. Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 130,090. Language: English. Published: May 14, 2015 . Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » Adventure, Fiction » Science fiction » Apocalyptic
When the plague came, federal agent Ellie Colson fled into the Adirondacks with Dee, the daughter she barely knew. They began a new life as subsistence farmers, isolated from the fall of the world. In the six years since, a small community has arisen from the ashes. Dee is grown up. She's engaged to Quinn, a young man from across the lake. And she's being hunted.
Knifepoint
Series: Breakers, Book 3. Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 122,160. Language: English. Published: April 10, 2013 . Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » Adventure, Fiction » Science fiction » Apocalyptic
(5.00 from 1 review)
Raina was just a girl when the plague came. She survived. Her parents didn't. As civilization fell, she took to the ruins of Los Angeles. After two years alone, she's found and adopted by a fisherman and his wife. But her makeshift family is short-lived. A conquerer named Karslaw executes her father and takes her mother captive. Raina will stop at nothing to free her mom--and to have her revenge.
Outcome
Series: Breakers. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 27,000. Language: English. Published: January 15, 2013 . Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » Adventure, Fiction » Science fiction » General
(2.50 from 2 reviews)
Ellie Colson is the only one who believes in the end of the world. As an agent of the Department of Advance Analysis, she's one of a handful of people who knows about the spread of a new virus—one she believes will wipe out mankind. With her bosses in denial, she flies to New York to get her ex-fiance Chip to safety. But he's already been quarantined—and so has his adopted daughter.
Melt Down
Series: Breakers, Book 2. Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 127,580. Language: English. Published: October 18, 2012 . Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » Adventure, Fiction » Science fiction » Apocalyptic
In Idaho, Ness Hook is run out of his mom's house by his bullying brother Shawn. In Redding, Tristan Carter is about to graduate college. Jobless, she'll have to move back in with her parents. Ness soon discovers his best friend dead of disease. The pandemic quickly burns through the country. But the plague is just the first step--and with the world in ruins, Ness and Tristan may make easy prey.
Lightless
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 17,160. Language: English. Published: September 30, 2012 . Categories: Fiction » Fantasy » Epic, Fiction » Fantasy » Short stories
When the sun takes 16 years to cross the sky, the night lasts just as long. As twilight approaches, entire kingdoms must scramble to stay ahead of the lasting darkness and the creatures that live there. It's easy for things to go missing in the chaos--such as the king's daughter. It's Chief Tracker Vickory Carroway's job to find her before she's lost to the darkness forever.
Breathe for Me
Price: Free! Words: 5,160. Language: English. Published: September 28, 2012 . Categories: Fiction » Fantasy » Epic, Fiction » Fantasy » Short stories
(3.33 from 3 reviews)
Dormun is a wizard--a very poor one. When he's enslaved in the jungle, he's able to do little more than entertain the other workers with moving illusions. But with his friends succumbing to sickness and exhaustion, he must find a way to free them before the jungle claims them all.
Breakers
Series: Breakers, Book 1. Price: Free! Words: 103,070. Language: English. Published: August 10, 2012 . Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » Adventure, Fiction » Science fiction » High tech
(4.33 from 3 reviews)
In New York, Walt Lawson is about to lose his girlfriend Vanessa. In Los Angeles, Raymond and Mia James are about to lose their house. Within days, none of it will matter. A flu strikes the Earth, nearly wiping out humanity completely. Just as the few survivors begin to adapt, they learn virus that ended humanity wasn't created by humans--it was sent from space. And the conquerers are here.
When We Were Mutants & Other Stories
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 50,990. Language: English. Published: October 4, 2011 . Categories: Fiction » Fantasy » Epic, Fiction » Science fiction » Short stories
A collection of 8 of Edward W. Robertson's sci-fi and fantasy stories. Six have been published elsewhere, including "All Man's Children" and "The Werewolf of Narashtovik" in Reflection's Edge. Other stories include "Steve Kendrick's Disease" and "When We Were Mutants," the post-apocalyptic tale of a young mutant named Miles and his quest to save his dying wife. Approximately 50,000 words.
The Battle for Moscow, Idaho & Other Stories
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 23,460. Language: English. Published: October 4, 2011 . Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » Adventure, Fiction » Science fiction » Short stories
A collection of six of Edward W. Robertson's sci-fi and horror stories. Along with two new works, previously published stories include "The Battle for Moscow, Idaho," "Death Among the Grasseaters," "The Magic Taco Wagon," and "The Inspiration of Philocrates," a steampunk-hued Aether Age tale of a cold war between ancient Greece and Egypt. Approximately 24,000 words long.
The Zombies of Hobbiton: A Martian Love Story
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 24,440. Language: English. Published: March 30, 2011 . Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » Adventure, Fiction » Horror » General
For the settlers of Mars, the underground tunnels of Hobbiton protect them from the airless cold. But when a zombie outbreak hits the city, the survivors have nowhere to run. Doane and his friends take refuge inside a sealed dome--but when Doane gets a call from his little brother, he'll have to head back into the tunnels. The Zombies of Hobbiton is a 24,000-word novella.