Debut Novel — Available Now

The questions
science asks.
The answers only
fiction can give.

Jeff Alexander writes speculative fiction grounded in real science and real emotion. His debut novel, Project Chronos: The Observer, asks two questions: what is humanity owed by the species that shortened its life, and what survives, if anything, when something is done to erase a person from your life.

The Author's Work

Books

Project Chronos: The Observer

Project Chronos Trilogy, Book One

Available Now in Ebook, Paperback, and Hardcover

Every person who has ever lived on this planet died believing it was just their time. It wasn't. An alien observer falls in love with the geneticist he was sent to watch, and tells her the truth about why humans die young.

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Project Chronos: The Lie Beneath

Project Chronos Trilogy, Book Two

Coming Soon

The truth is out. Now comes the reckoning. Eight weeks after disclosure, Kael and Faith are hiding in Connecticut while the world rewrites everything it thought it knew about human life, and a kill switch buried in the Chronos genes threatens to undo everything they fought to give humanity back.

The Sanctaris Trials: Beyond Reasonable Thought

Novel

In Progress

After a pandemic wiped out ninety nine percent of humanity, survivors fled to an island and built a civilization from nothing. Generations later that civilization is only now stable enough to consider expanding beyond its borders. At its foundation sits the Reader guild, trained to perceive thoughts and emotions to deliver justice. Blake, a junior Reader, is about to discover the system has a flaw no one ever thought to look for.

Dream Portal

Standalone Novel

In Progress

When Trinity College professor Daniel Mercier discovers he can travel through history in his dreams, he uses every power at his disposal to do the one thing grief demands of him, go back to the moment that took his wife. What he finds when he gets there will force him to decide what saving her would actually cost.

Latest Updates

News

May 2026

Work Begins on Sanctaris Trials: Beyond Reasonable Thought

Work has begun on The Sanctaris Trials: Beyond Reasonable Thought, set in an island civilization rebuilt from the ashes of a global pandemic, where justice is delivered by Readers who perceive the thoughts and emotions of the accused. Come follow Blake, a Reader trainee, who begins to question the foundations that Sanctaris was built on.

May 2026

Work Begins on Dream Portal

Work has begun on Dream Portal, a standalone novel following Trinity College professor Daniel Mercier, who discovers he can travel through history through his dreams and uses that power to try and prevent the death of his wife.

April 2026

Work Begins on Project Chronos: The Lie Beneath

Work has begun on the second book in the Project Chronos trilogy. The Lie Beneath picks up where The Observer leaves off, following the consequences of disclosure as humanity begins to grapple with what it has learned.

July 2026

Project Chronos: The Observer Now Available

Project Chronos: The Observer is now available in ebook and paperback. Pick up your copy on Amazon or wherever books are sold.

Exclusive Content

Snippet Drops

Bonus scenes, deleted chapters, and glimpses behind the story. Each drop includes a discussion thread so you can share your thoughts with other readers.

Drop 01 — July 2026

The Sanctaris Trials: Chapter One

The first chapter of The Sanctaris Trials: Beyond Reasonable Thought. Blake, a junior Reader, discovers something in an old case file that does not add up and cannot stop thinking about what it means.

Blake is five months into his training assignment at the Meridian when he finds something in an old case file that does not add up. The orb data and the verdict tell two completely different stories. And the Reader of record is Edmund, the most decorated Reader in Sanctaris.

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New drops added regularly. Check back soon.

The Author

About Jeff Alexander

Jeff Alexander researches plant viruses and their vectors that infect wheat, with an extensive background in genetics. That scientific foundation informs Project Chronos directly. The novel's central premise, in which a geneticist uncovers that three deliberately deleted genes are responsible for the human lifespan, grew from a deep familiarity with how genomic architecture works and what its absence means.

He grew up on a farm in small town rural Nebraska, which probably explains both the plant science and the stubborn streak. Before research, he spent twelve years in the Army, including two deployments to Iraq, which taught him something about what it costs to be away from the people who matter and the mistake of taking that for granted.

He is an avid Husker fan, constantly searching for a time machine to take him back to the 90's, and when he is not in the lab or at his desk he is most likely on a golf course or a riverbank. He lives in Nebraska with his wife Kori and their seven children, which has given him strong personal opinions about what it means when time starts running out.

Project Chronos is his debut novel.

Profession Plant Virology Researcher

Background U.S. Army, 12 years, two deployments to Iraq

From David City, Nebraska

Based in Nebraska

Family Wife and seven children

Currently Writing Project Chronos: The Lie Beneath, The Sanctaris Trials: Beyond Reasonable Thought, and Dream Portal simultaneously

Get in Touch

Contact

Whether you are a reader, a fellow writer, or a literary professional, I am glad you found your way here. The best way to reach me is by email.

Jealex1514@gmail.com →

For literary agents and publishing professionals: the full manuscript for Project Chronos: The Observer is available upon request, along with outlines for the second and third books in the trilogy.

The questionsscience asks.The answers onlyfiction can give.