Author

Michael David

The extraordinary hides inside the ordinary.

About

Michael David lives and works in southeastern Pennsylvania, balancing a hands-on technical career with writing fiction. Writing offers a different kind of work: imagining the lives, choices, and possibilities beyond the everyday.

He is drawn to stories about ordinary people facing extraordinary circumstances, and to the questions those moments raise about courage, connection, and belonging. His debut begins in science fiction, with room for wherever the next story takes him.

His first novel, The First Refuge, opens the We Hold the Light trilogy.

The We Hold the Light Trilogy

A science-fiction epic across three books. Seventy thousand years of hidden history. One ordinary night that changes everything.

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Book One

The First Refuge

A night-shift guard discovers a crystalline archive and the cosmic beings hidden among us for 70,000 years.

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Book Two

The Fading Field

The world knows the truth. The resonance field is fading. The Aethelari are dying. The Hollow is closing in.

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Book Three

The Ember Bridge

The bridge is open. The connection is real. But the world is still afraid — and the Hollow has found Earth's weak point.

"We were never alone. We just didn't know it yet."

Find the Books

The journey begins with The First Refuge, coming November 21, 2026. Pre-order now at your favorite store.