The Vethrak Requiem - Book 4

Captain Kira Vance folds a strike force forty-three light-years into enemy territory with one objective: find a Vethrak...

The Hunter’s Mark (The Vethrak Requiem Book 4) by Justin Wilson
Justin Wilson

Justin Wilson

I lead technology teams in the enterprise world, working at the intersection of high-stakes decision-making, human complexity, and long-term consequence. Whether I’m writing about leadership or imagining future civilizations, my work is driven by the same question: how do people act when the pressure is real and the answers are not obvious?

I am not a pastor or a theorist. I am a practitioner. My leadership writing is grounded in Scripture, approached with intellectual honesty, and tested against real-world environments where power, politics, and responsibility collide. The leaders found in the Bible were not idealized figures, they were flawed humans navigating impossible choices. That tension is where I believe lasting wisdom lives.

In my science fiction, those same themes surface through different lenses: authority, sacrifice, loyalty, belief, and the cost of survival. I am drawn to stories that explore what happens when individuals and societies are forced to choose between comfort and conviction, control and conscience.

Across both genres, I write without platitudes and without easy answers. No Christianese. No moral shortcuts. Just grounded exploration of leadership, identity, and integrity when the stakes are high.

My work is for readers who want depth, whether they are seeking faith-anchored leadership insights or immersive speculative worlds that wrestle with timeless human questions.

Series

The Exodus Rush (The Vethrak Requiem Book 1)
The Tau Ceti Gambit (The Vethrak Requiem Book 2)
A Sky Full of Fire (The Vethrak Requiem Book 3)

The Vethrak Requiem

In 2125, humanity learned a terrible truth: we are not alone in the universe, and we are not safe.

The Vethrak arrived without warning, without negotiation, without mercy. They call themselves "Those Who Claim," and to them, the harvesting of intelligent species is as...

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