THE SHIFTER CHRONICLES
Sage Franklin
ROOTS · SOVEREIGN GROUND · CYPHER · SLEEPER · TABOO · PRESSURE POINT
OBSIDIAN · VARIABLES · VIGILANTES · TRIGGER · DEEP CURRENT · OVERRIDE
UNDERTOW · DRAGONHEART · SHIFTING VEIL · RESONANCE · LEXICON · LEGACY · CHECKMATE · DREAMCATCHER
20-Book Complete Release Schedule
Projected For Every New Moon · July 14, 2026 — January 26, 2028*
22 years. 20 novels.
Four solar eclipses.
Here is the complete map.
Lock in every New Moon release date — including four eclipses.
In 2004, I started pulling threads — world cultures, ancient global mythology and cosmologies, shapeshifter lore, and cosmic cycles — and weaving them into something that had never been done in paranormal fiction: a unified supernatural urban fantasy universe spanning a main series and four distinct companion sagas, for a total of 20 interconnected novels.
The outlines and rough drafts of all 20 books are already written. This is not a rushed release cycle. What you are receiving is an intentional unveiling — paced on the lunar calendar exactly as the mythology demands.
Starting July 14, 2026, a new Shifter Chronicles novel arrives on every New Moon for 20 consecutive months. You never have to guess when the next book is coming. Just look up. When the sky goes dark, your next adventure is here to celebrate each new beginning.
And the cosmos has arranged something extraordinary: this 20-book cycle carries four solar eclipses and a Black Moon — astronomical events built into the release schedule itself.
Astronomical Events Within the Release Cycle
Aug 12, 2026 (Total Solar Eclipse)
Feb 6, 2027 (Annular Solar Eclipse)
Aug 2, 2027 (Total Solar Eclipse)
Aug 31, 2027 (Black Moon; 2nd New Moon in August)
Jan 26, 2028 (Annular Solar Eclipse)
Phase One — The Four Foundations
Months 1–4 · July–October 2026. Four sagas. Four genres. One shared mythology. Each can be read alone — or follow the lunar order for the complete tapestry.
Moon 1 · Jul 14, 2026 - New Moon in Cancer (Supermoon)
ROOTS: Reclaiming Ancestral Wisdom (Moon Weaver Series · Book 1)
Native American Cosmology
The flagship and foundation. A sweeping paranormal fantasy rooted in Native American cosmology and ancestral shifter mythology. Meet the anchors of the entire universe and learn the sacred rules that govern all 20 novels.
Paranormal Fantasy · Ancestral Mythology · Shifter Romance
Moon 2 · Aug 12, 2026 - TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE
SOVEREIGN GROUND (Rain Sisters Saga · Book 1)
Releasing under a total solar eclipse. Paranormal Women's Fiction at the elemental edge of the supernatural world. Four sisters, ancient elemental gifts, and a battle fought on sacred ground the modern world has forgotten.
Paranormal Women's Fiction · Elemental Fantasy · Supernatural Fiction
Moon 3 · Sep 10, 2026 - New Moon in Virgo
CYPHER (Horizon Lexicon Saga · Book 1)
Where the supernatural meets the scientific. A science-fantasy thriller built on cryptographic codes, ancient institutional knowledge, and the hidden languages that hold the supernatural world together.
Science Fantasy · Supernatural Thriller · Cryptographic Mystery
Moon 4 · Oct 10, 2026 - New Moon in Libra
SLEEPER (Deep Cover Saga · Book 1)
The most dangerous secrets are already inside. A gritty speculative fiction spy thriller where shapeshifter operatives are embedded at the highest levels of the world's nuclear governments — and a covert supernatural team is all that stands between civilization and the its permanent end.
Speculative Fiction · Supernatural Spy Thriller · Political Paranormal
The Release Ritual — Why the New Moon
The New Moon has long represented hidden truths, fresh beginnings, and the unearthing of deep mysteries — the perfect energetic alignment for stories built on 22 years of mythological research. In ancient traditions across every culture that shaped this universe, the dark moon was the threshold between what was and what becomes.
Every single month for 20 months, when the moon disappears from the sky, your next chapter in the Shifter Chronicles arrives. Just look up. When the sky goes dark, you know.
Pre-Order — Your Universe Begins Here
Pre-order ROOTS: Reclaiming Ancestral Wisdom — Book One of my debut Moon Weaver Series!
Projected Release Date: July 14, 2026!*
Twenty-two years of world-building. The first door opens on the July New Moon. Lock in your copy today.
[TO BE ADDED: BUTTON: Pre-Order on Amazon]
Thank you for being part of the community that makes a lifelong dream like this possible. Click “Contact” and tell me — which corner of the universe calls to you first? The ancestral mythology, worldbuilding, and healing vibes of the Moon Weaver Series? The elemental power and bending laws of physics of the Rain Sisters Saga? The cryptographic mysteries and technology of the Horizon Lexicon Saga? Or the supernatural political espionage of the Deep Cover Saga?
Stay Sovereign,
Sage Franklin
*Author has chronic health conditions; release dates may change without notice.