Richard B. Byte

Richard writes science fiction for people who love credible plots, solid science, plausible engineering, and a little humor. No hand-wavy escapes. There has to be a multilayered mystery. There has to be danger and excitement. The story has to move fast without feeling rushed. But the world also has to hold together. The rules have to matter. That’s the spirit behind his science fiction.

His series, The Robot Protocols, follows Max, a tough cop on Mars. Every case unfolds inside a fragile underground city that survives only because all the engineering systems work. Each book delivers a complete murder investigation, with the killer unmasked by the end, but every case also uncovers deeper conspiracies spreading beneath the surface.

Before turning to fiction, Richard worked as a design engineer, engineering manager, and technical consultant, and developed stand-alone hardware and software systems. That experience shapes the realistic technologies at the heart of his fiction.

If you enjoy competent heroes, smart investigations, high-stakes suspense, and science fiction where the science actually works, these books are for you.