I cannot deny that the Tesla Evolution has been the most successful series I have created. But as readers will know, it ends. Or does it! Yes, it does. Maybe.

Anyway, it occurred to me that the action takes place on the east coast of Australia. And there is a lot of Australia left over. So, what is happening there?

The answer has been the new series: the Tesla Expansion. I take on some of the ideas in the Tesla Evolution and build on them, but on the west coast.

First of the rank is Degrade. Available 1 Dec. It is set five years before Tesla and contains a few familiar faces.

Blurb: Out on the scorched plains of the West Australian deserts lives a boy in a hunk of rusted metal. His life is simple: search for water aquifers and sell their location to the water-starved megaRig cities crawling over the countryside.

But fate has different plans. A chance encounter propels him on a dark journey of self-discovery, where he becomes the most precious piece in a ruthless game of chess between the warring mech rivals. Disturbing truths about his past come to light and he must decide what he stands for and who he believes.

The safety of the planet is at stake.

Or as I say: same universe, a whole new adventure.

Enjoy.