Ascension began as a free serialized science fiction novella by N.J. Tanger.

But somewhere along the way, it grew longer. We quickly realized that to do justice to the story, Ascension needed to be released as a full novel. Two years–and a lot of words–later and the full book is finally available from Amazon! You can find that here. But if you’d like to see where it all began, scroll down to read the original, free chapters.

Ascension tells the story of the colony ship Chimera on her long journey from Earth to the star Elypso from the perspective of Navigator’s Assistant, Ashley Samuelson. If you’ve read Chimera, you’ll recognize the name Ashley Samuelson. If you haven’t, don’t worry–this is a stand-alone story and you don’t need to have read Chimera to enjoy it.

Here’s what our readers are saying:

“I am hooked on Ascension. Thanks for letting me in on it!” –D. Charlton

“I’m loving Ascension!” –A. Kircher

“The world-building is excellent and the characters interesting.” –M. Nicholson

“…the Chimera herself is fascinating… gives so much context to to the first book…” –M. Green

Here are all available episodes:

Episode One: Grass Parted

Episode Two: The Tree

Episode Three: The Orb

Episode Four: The Eye

Episode Five: The Pathway

Episode Six: Amaya

Episode Seven: Falsgate

Episode Eight: Ashley



Episode Nine: Stephen