Crown of Scrap
A Royal Salvage novel
A stolen processor. A scrap-built fighting machine. And a mechanic who refuses to let anyone erase the person he has become.
Discover the story Stories beyond the familiar
Strange worlds.
Human stakes.
Living ships. Fading moons. Machines with minds of their own.
Science fiction and fantasy by J. D. Kale.
Find your next world
THREE WORLDS. YOUR NEXT ADVENTURE.THE BOOKS OF J. D. KALEStart somewhere extraordinary
The bookshelf
A world waiting
on every page.
Three beginnings. Impossible choices.
Meet the stories, and the people inside them.
The Dying Moon
The Severed Realms · Book one
Trapped beneath a fading red moon, Enzo and Tess are offered a way home. Saving the moon could cost the lives of the people who sheltered them.
Discover the storyBroken Sky
Gravity’s Wake · Book one
A salvager aboard a vast living ship finds an injured stranger in the ruins—and a reason to question everything keeping his city in the sky.
Discover the storyBehind the worlds
Hello.
I’m J. D. Kale.
I write science fiction and fantasy about strange worlds and the people who have to live in them.
My books include Crown of Scrap, The Dying Moon, and Broken Sky—stories of dangerous discoveries, unlikely companions, and choices that refuse to be simple.
This is home for the books, news from the writing desk, and whatever comes next. I’m glad you found your way here.
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Three books, three worlds, and a place to follow what comes next. Welcome to the official J. D. Kale website.
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