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Clara Hope EllwoodTHE WORLDS & THE WORDS

THE COLLECTED WORLDS OF CLARA HOPE ELLWOOD

Find a world.
Stay for its people.

From guarded mountain towns to distant stars - and the extraordinary friendship of a child and an AI.

A guarded mountain town, freight vehicles and worn analogue controls in New Frostmarch
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DIESELPUNK · HUMAN DRAMA

New Frostmarch

Love, loyalty and the price of belonging.Enter this world
A VectorTech aircraft in hybrid ground configuration, being serviced in a hangar at dusk
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MILITARY SCIENCE FICTION

Vector Shift

Two pilots. Opposing orders. An unfolding war.Enter this world
A Ship Worth Saving, the illustrated Iron Reproach book cover
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SPACEFARING ADVENTURE

Iron Reproach

A damaged ship. A crew worth bringing home.Enter this world
Living-metal residents overlook an inhabited terrace city and a misty river valley
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SCIENCE FICTION · A ROBOT CIVILISATION

The Sparkborn

A race of living robots. A world of their own.Enter this world
Maya, NOVA and PIP outside the Horizon Learning Center at sunrise
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ILLUSTRATED ADVENTURES · AGES 9–11

NOVA & MAYA

Two different minds. One extraordinary friendship.Enter this world
Snow-covered railways, warm windows and freight trains connect Stavenbruck’s industrial basin beneath distant mountains.STAVENBRUCK & THE ROVEN REACH

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New FrostmarchThe Almanac

A world you can wander.

Walk the courtyards of Stavenbruck. Follow the roads of the Roven Reach. Discover the work, customs, histories and everyday lives behind the novels.

Hundreds of people. Interconnected places. From guarded checkpoints to a shared greenhouse, there is always another life to follow.

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Neighbours tend seedlings in the warm light of East Soot Gardens’ enclosed greenhouse, with a black-and-white cat on the path.
East Soot Gardens. A small harvest, a shared shelter, a life beyond the shift.

A PLACE TO BEGIN

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A VectorTech aircraft stands on its articulated legs while pilots and technicians work beneath the warm hangar lights, with a mountain airfield outside at dusk.

VECTOR SHIFT · AVAILABLE NOW

Vector Shift

Opposing squadrons. Intertwined lives.
An unfolding war.

Two illustrated novels of transforming aircraft, divided duty and the people caught between rival authorities.

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Lives Across the Line - Book One cover

Book One

Lives Across the Line

Two pilots. Two authorities. One inhabited frontier caught between them. At the start of the First Colonial War, Coalition pilot Niva Rell and Imperial pilot Mira Kest meet across a failing rescue line. Neither can trust the other’s orders. Neither can ignore the people trapped between them. An illustrated military science-fiction novel about duty, disputed authority and the fragile systems that keep ordinary lives alive.

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No Light Alone - Book Two cover

Book Two

No Light Alone

They can save the same people and still meet on opposite sides of a weapon line. An altered chart turns Niva Rell and Mira Kest’s civilian convoy passage into an ambush. Arrival does not settle the attack: Niva is ordered to stop a disputed handover, and Mira is ordered to protect it. Transforming aircraft, divided duty and the cost of getting people home shape the second illustrated Vector Shift novel.

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A VectorTech aircraft in hybrid ground configuration, with pilots and technicians working in a warmly lit hangar beside a mountain airfield at dusk.VECTOR SHIFT · THE ILLUSTRATED ALMANAC

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Vector ShiftThe Almanac

A world lives before it goes to war.

Walk from Aletheia’s quay to Halden House. Explore inhabited cities, orbital communities and the houses whose decisions reach far beyond their own doors.

Meet the people behind the flags. Follow their streets, histories and everyday work through the world reference, city plans and interactive atlas.

Enter the Vector Shift Almanac
The seven rising city steps of Aletheia, from the quay to Halden House.
Aletheia. The Patience Stair connects a working waterfront, markets, the Royal Academy and the Crown Stair.
Clara Hope Ellwood at her writing desk

BEHIND THE WORLDS

Clara Hope
Ellwood.

Clara Hope Ellwood was born in Illinois and raised in West Los Angeles. A member of Generation X, she began exploring computers as a teenager on a Macintosh with a 1200 baud modem in 1985. Her interests span robotics, artificial intelligence, anime, tabletop role-playing games, and MMORPGs - all fuel for an active imagination and a love of writing. Her idea of a great Friday night? Settling in with a good 8-bit game and pizza.

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