D.A. Kinane-Powell
Independent author of atmospheric fantasy and speculative science fiction, writing stories shaped by pressure, consequence, mystery, and human choice.What interests me most about writing is exploring how people respond when the world they understand suddenly changes. A scientific discovery might set a story in motion, but I'm just as interested in the conversations, disagreements and difficult decisions that follow. I enjoy exploring what happens when people are faced with questions that don't have easy answers.The Measure of Time: Discovery is available now, with the second book in the trilogy, Consequence, arriving on 1 December 2026 as a Kindle ebook and paperback.Explore the trilogy alongside my fantasy novels, The Ashes of the Northrealm and The First Ledger.
Books
Explore The Measure of Time science-fiction trilogy, beginning with Discovery and continuing with Consequence, arriving on 1 December 2026. Alongside the trilogy are my Northrealm fantasy novels, The Ashes of the Northrealm and The First Ledger.From lunar mystery and first-contact tension to atmospheric fantasy shaped by oath, exile and hidden history, these stories explore people under pressure, worlds at a turning point, and the consequences of the choices they make.
Book One: Discovery
Available now
The first book in the trilogy
Book Two: Consequence
Coming 1 December 2026
Kindle ebook and paperback
A complete atmospheric fantasy novel of oath, exile, hidden lineage, and the cost of order.
A Northrealm origin novel of bloodlines, grief, power, and the first records that shaped a fractured world.
Current Projects
Alongside my published books and forthcoming releases, I'm developing The Measure of Time: Choice, the third and concluding book in my science-fiction trilogy.I'm also planning further stories set in the Northrealm world, alongside other fiction projects, including a psychological crime thriller.
The Measure of Time: Choice
Book Three | The concluding novelHumanity has learned that discovering the extraordinary is easier than understanding its consequences.As the mysteries surrounding the Needles deepen, new possibilities emerge. But the ability to reach further does not settle whether humanity is ready, or what it should be prepared to sacrifice.Currently in development.Publication date to be announced.
Future Projects
Brennar
A future Northrealm novel, currently in development.
A scarred sergeant follows the traces left behind by violence, grief, and silence. Set within the wider world of the Northrealm and the Crowlands, Brennar explores investigation, memory, loyalty, and the cost of finding the truth when powerful people would rather let it remain buried.
Status: In development
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