The Department of Unfinished Lives

A municipal office stores the lives people almost lived.

In development6 books planned (provisional)

Where the series goes

A clerk begins returning the files and destabilizes the identities built around regret.

Reading order

Book 1Title to be announcedPlanned
Book 2Title to be announcedPlanned
Book 3Title to be announcedPlanned
Book 4Title to be announcedPlanned
Book 5Title to be announcedPlanned
Book 6Title to be announcedPlanned

6 books are planned (the number is provisional). Book titles are announced as each book is written.

In development

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