Farfield Fiction
Crucible
The Long Inheritance, Book One
Doc Sal
Literary speculative fiction
Doc Sal
Body knowledge, institutional pressure, and long inheritance as plot engines.
Doc Sal is a deliberately absent author - no public appearances, no photographs, no interviews about the person behind the work. Correspondence about the books is welcome; correspondence about the author is not. The pseudonym exists so the work can speak without a face attached.
2026 releases
Forthcoming
- Meridian(The Long Inheritance #4)March 7, 2028
- Inheritance(The Long Inheritance #5)May 2, 2028
- The Unfinished Carrier(The Far Inheritance #1)July 4, 2028
- The Carried Song(The Far Inheritance #2)September 5, 2028
- The Choosing(The Far Inheritance #3)November 7, 2028
- The Long Conversation(The Far Inheritance #4)January 2, 2029
- The Answered Phrase(The Far Inheritance #5)March 6, 2029
- The Kind Hand(The Deep Inheritance #1)May 1, 2029
- The Register(The Deep Inheritance #2)July 3, 2029
- The Compact(The Deep Inheritance #3)September 4, 2029
- The Reach(The Deep Inheritance #4)November 6, 2029
- The Unmet(The Deep Inheritance #5)January 1, 2030
- The Full Dark(Series IV #1)March 5, 2030
- The Easy Company(Series IV #2)May 7, 2030
- The Held Thread(Series IV #3)July 2, 2030
- The Far Lean(Series IV #4)September 3, 2030
- The Open Door(Series IV #5)November 5, 2030
Series
The Long Inheritance
Five books - crucible, ruin, cosmic resolution. Sci-fi and fantasy threads that were always one story.
The Far Inheritance
Five books - the call cooled, the answer warms. Refugees, carriers, and the long conversation.
The Deep Inheritance
Five books - the kind hand, the register, the compact, the reach, the unmet.
Series IV
Five proposed books - the full dark through the open door.