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Eric Rhys Taylor

Shail + Trisan

The future was never meant for everyone.

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Front flap

In the beginning, there were 8(9)

Trisan is just a regular kid trying to prove himself so he can stay on Earth. But the Earth Standards have other ideas. And soon he's a father, and his mom is a robot and his sister would rather he stop appearing on the news all the time, because she's the one who's supposed to be famous.

Shail + Trisan

Book 1 of The Cascade Compact

In a far future Solar System, rival genetic lines wage war over humanity's legacy, each convinced they alone possess the key to our survival.

Accolades
“Astounding, thrilling, amazing.” —PLACEHOLDER
Date published
2026-03
Formats
Soft & Hardbound
Audio
eInk

Binding · who's who in Shail + Trisan

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  • Character

    Char

    XOframe commissioned by ZINTIX ORG 327 years before the events in the story.

  • Character

    Chroma

    Earth Standard born on Earth and 'adopted' by Rel Newlan as a sponsored employee.

  • Character

    Entiat Chelan

    Trustor charged with the welfare of all those in need in Diego GeoDome.

  • Character

    Jin Silic

    3rd generation Earth Standard who loved finance.

  • Character

    Michi Matsutoma

    Sole remaining heir of the Matsutoma ORG.

  • Character

    Rel Newlan

    Eccentric ORG founder and believer in the Order of Continuity.

  • Shail Fairchild

    Character

    Shail FairchildDf38n/

    A refugee who has a mysterious origin. Now living in Diego GeoDome with her brother.

  • Character

    Sylhan Emo

    Radical hybridist genetic designer of humans who long ago tossed out any reservations about tinkering with evolution.

  • Trisan Fairchild

    Character

    Trisan FairchildTYbv9s/

    A refugee with a mysterious origin and a lot of issues. Now living with his sister in Diego GeoDome.

  • Place

    Diego GeoDome

    PLACEHOLDER: enclosed settlement where Shail and Trisan live.

  • Organisation

    Matsutoma ORG

    PLACEHOLDER: the ORG of which Michi Matsutoma is the last heir.

  • Organisation

    ORG

    PLACEHOLDER: the founding-house structure that sponsors, employs and adopts people.

  • Organisation

    ZINTIX ORG

    PLACEHOLDER: the ORG that commissioned Char 327 years ago.

  • Technology

    XOframe

    PLACEHOLDER: a commissioned artificial frame. Char is one.

  • Concept

    Earth Standard

    PLACEHOLDER: the unmodified human baseline line, counted by generation.

  • Concept

    Hybrid

    PLACEHOLDER: a designed genetic line. In the beginning there were 8 (9).

  • Concept

    Order of Continuity

    PLACEHOLDER: the belief Rel Newlan holds to.

  • Concept

    The Cascade Compact

    PLACEHOLDER: the series name and, presumably, an in-world accord.

Back flap

SHAIL + TRISAN is a smart and fun BIOPUNK adventure in a future full of radical bioengineering and even more radical rejection. An unruly ensemble of siblings, scattered since birth across the colonies, must join forces to prevent humanity's extinction. Can they work together and will everything they do really make a difference in the end?

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ERIC RHYS TAYLOR spent fifteen years crafting the intricate world of SHAIL + TRISAN, drawing inspiration from advances in genetic engineering, the rapid advent of AI and his fascination with family dynamics under extreme pressure.