Upcoming Books by Mark J Horacek
These forthcoming projects continue Mark J Horacek’s exploration of truth, love, meaning, discernment, human identity, and survival in a changing world. Some works remain reflective and philosophical. Others move deeper into speculative fiction and the transformed Earth of Survivors of the Silent Earth. Together, they represent the next stage of an expanding body of work.
Survivors of the Silent Earth—Veilspine Awakens
Veilspine Awakens continues the world of Survivors of the Silent Earth, carrying the story beyond the Reader’s Edition into a deeper and more dangerous confrontation with the transformed Earth.
As new threats rise from beneath Veilspine Lake and the wilderness reveals powers older and stranger than the survivors understand, humanity’s fragile place in the world is tested again. The next journey expands the ecological mystery, the creature evolution, the bonds between survivors and guardians, and the question at the heart of the series: whether humanity can adapt without trying once more to dominate.
Current Work in Progress
A Thought for Every Day of the Year
A Thought for Every Day of the Year is a collection of 365 daily reflections on truth, love, meaning, discernment, resilience, and the quiet work of remaining human in a confusing world.
Each reflection is designed as a moment of pause: a brief invitation to think more clearly, feel more honestly, and return to what matters. Written for readers seeking steadiness, perspective, and depth, the book offers a year-long companion for the inner life.
Current Work in Progress
Human Concerns in an Age of AI
Human Concerns in an Age of AI explores one of the central questions of our time: how can human beings remain thoughtful, ethical, creative, and fully human while living alongside increasingly powerful artificial intelligence?
The book examines meaning, discernment, truth, creativity, education, work, conscience, and human-AI partnership. Rather than treating AI as either salvation or doom, it asks how we can use emerging tools wisely while protecting the dignity, judgment, and moral responsibility that belong to human life.
Current Work in Progress