YA sci-fi · The Zeta Trilogy · The Sapiens⁶ Universe

Rob Grafrath
writes for fun.

If you read for fun, you’re in the right place. Three books, one saga... plus a random assortment of odds and ends.

The Zeta Trilogy

A young-adult sci-fi saga set in the Sapiens⁶ Universe. Read them in order — Zeta’s journey runs from the first page of Neoprim to the finale of Specter.

Cover of Neoprim, Zeta Trilogy Book One

Book One · 2021

Neoprim

The Genesis Faction has colonized a new world of primitive humans to hide from the intelligence-hunting aliens lurking between the stars. Enter Zeta of the Scorpion Tail Tribe, who must replay her past to piece together her fractured memory. When she faces the unthinkable truths of that past, she must choose between a fantasy of her own making and her true purpose in this new reality.

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Book Two · 2022

Interran

Zeta has found her purpose: defeating the Specters! Those absolute black, ameboid aliens with an appetite for abduction have haunted the Surya system for long enough! When things don’t go as planned at the Guardian Embassy, Zeta joins a medieval fantasy gameworld to find an alternate path to her goals. How far will Zeta go to reach her goals? Nobody said fighting aliens would be all fun and games.

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Book Three

Specter

The Surya system rejoices as the Specters retreat into the icy depths of Varuna, but this victory comes at great sacrifice. In the climactic finale, Alasie and the Telsons return to Genesis for one last round of heart-wrenching turmoil and wondrous discoveries. When the Wraith Queen hints at hidden armies, Alasie calls out to the Specters. This is the spark that ignites a wildfire of war.

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Body Shots — a journal of short fiction from Subtle Body Press, featuring Rob Grafrath's story 11:55

Also by Rob · Short fiction

“11:55”

A peculiarly personal short story about sleep, time, and perception

Rob’s first published short story, and a departure from his YA sci-fi novels. It appears in Body Shots, a contemporary journal of short fiction from Subtle Body Press (October 2024). Brace yourselves, loyal readers: this one’s far from the Zeta Trilogy.

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Also by Rob · A DebtLink series

The Debt Collection Agency of the Future

Where Rob’s day job meets his sci-fi streak. A pseudo-professional, pseudo-fiction series imagining where the receivables industry is headed. Serialized on DebtLink.

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Rob Grafrath is a part-time sci-fi author. He earns his pay as a technology guru for the receivables management industry. Rob grew up in the suburbs of Kansas City. These days, he calls Fort Worth, Texas, his home. He drives a Toyota Corolla, consumes naught but peanut butter M&M’s, and works too much.

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