Mask of the Joy­ful Moon is Now Available!

It’s here.

After years of build­ing the Fab­u­lae Lunae uni­verse — from the first cracks in The Luna­dyne Inci­dent, through Nils Carmike’s tales in Thun­der Moon Tus­sle — Mask of the Joy­ful Moon has final­ly landed.

Mask of the Joy­ful Moon

In the shad­owed craters and pres­sur­ized domes of a hard­scrab­ble lunar fron­tier, where every breath of recy­cled air car­ries the weight of cor­po­rate empires and human des­per­a­tion, Mask of the Joy­ful Moon deliv­ers a grip­ping tale of law, loy­al­ty, and lunar reck­on­ing that echoes the tense cor­po­rate machi­na­tions of The Luna­dyne Inci­dent and the grit­ty prospec­tor sur­vival of Thun­der Moon Tus­sle. Genevieve “Gen” Miller arrives at Con­rad Sta­tion as a reluc­tant deputy sher­iff, pulled from Earth by the enig­mat­ic Mor­ris Mason and his shad­owy SK&D con­nec­tions. Tasked with restor­ing order amid the after­math of a bru­tal min­ers’ strike and mer­ce­nary incursion, […]

Mask of the Joy­ful Moon is now live on Ama­zon in both Kin­dle and Paper­back editions.

In this con­tin­u­a­tion of the saga, Deputy Genevieve Miller must hold the line at Con­rad Sta­tion as the long lunar night deep­ens, alliances frac­ture, and the Mason fam­i­ly shad­ow war reach­es the lunar fron­tier. Hard sci­ence fic­tion with real regolith under your boots — straw-cup drinks, creaky habi­tats, water worth fight­ing for, and help that’s always three silent days away.

Links

• Kin­dle Edi­tion → https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0G16F7MQW
• Paper­back Edi­tion → Avail­able on Ama­zon on Fri­day 24 July 2026.

Reading Order (Recommended)

1. The Luna­dyne Inci­dent – Where it all began
2. Thun­der Moon Tus­sle – Nils Carmike’s sto­ries from Alex’s Bar
3. Mask of the Joy­ful Moon – Gen Miller’s fight

Thank you to every­one who has fol­lowed the series, left reviews, joined the dis­cus­sions, and wait­ed for this day. This book would not exist with­out you.

The Joy­ful Moon is watch­ing… and she’s final­ly shown her face.

Now, if you’ll excuse me — I have a book to celebrate.

— Torn MacAlester Still rid­ing the trails with Nils, Gen, and the whole Fab­u­lae Lunae crew 🚀🌕

The Original Four Habitats

• Hab A — The social heart of the sta­tion. This is where Alex’s Bar was estab­lished ear­ly on. It quick­ly became the gath­er­ing place for prospec­tors, min­ers, and any­one look­ing for a straw-cup drink and a sto­ry after a long shift on the surface.
• Hab B — Pri­mar­i­ly liv­ing quar­ters. This is where most of the ear­ly crew and lat­er res­i­dents bunked. It was the first area focused on long-term habitation.
• Hab C — Like­ly served as stor­age, oper­a­tions, or sup­port sys­tems (pow­er, life sup­port, and recy­cling). Details are sparse, but it was essen­tial infrastructure.
• Hab D — The most mys­te­ri­ous of the orig­i­nal four. Nils Carmike was explic­it­ly told to stay out of Hab D. What­ev­er was (or is) in there has remained off-lim­its or high­ly restrict­ed since the beginning.

The Man in Charge

The lead fig­ure dur­ing this foun­da­tion­al peri­od appears to have been Avery Clarke. He over­saw the ini­tial con­struc­tion and ear­ly oper­a­tions — a tough, prac­ti­cal leader try­ing to keep a small crew alive and pro­duc­tive on a world that offered almost no mar­gin for error.

Why the Habitats Still Creak

The orig­i­nal habi­tats were built quick­ly with the tech­nol­o­gy and mate­ri­als avail­able at the time. They were designed for sur­vival first, com­fort sec­ond. Over the years, ther­mal cycling, microm­e­te­orite impacts, regolith dust infil­tra­tion, and con­stant low-grav­i­ty stress have tak­en their toll. The “creaks” that res­i­dents hear today are not just signs of age — they’re reminders of the com­pro­mis­es made dur­ing those des­per­ate first days when every seal, weld, and pres­sure door had to hold against the vacuum.

From those hum­ble four habi­tats, Con­rad Sta­tion has grown into the fron­tier hub we know today. But the spir­it of those ear­ly days — resource­ful­ness, cau­tion, and a healthy respect for the Moon’s unfor­giv­ing nature — still runs through every corridor.

Fur­ther Reading

• The Luna­dyne Inci­dent — Ear­ly cor­po­rate intrigue and the first cracks in the station’s frag­ile peace.
• Thun­der Moon Tus­sle — Nils Carmike’s sto­ries from Alex’s Bar and life in the orig­i­nal habitats.
• Mask of the Joy­ful Moon — How the station’s ear­ly foun­da­tions con­tin­ue to shape today’s conflicts.

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