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Press materials for journalists, producers, podcast hosts, reviewers, booksellers, libraries, and event organizers covering Elijah Canfield and Book One of the RESET series.
The official one-page press sheet provides a concise introduction to The Cost of Being Seen, Elijah Canfield’s background, interview angles, release information, and media contact details.
Elijah Canfield writes intelligent science fiction about artificial intelligence, first contact, and the cost of discovering something humanity was never supposed to find.
Elijah Canfield writes intelligent science fiction about artificial intelligence, first contact, and the consequences of discovering truths humanity may not be ready to understand.
With a background in engineering and entrepreneurship, he approaches speculative fiction through systems, consequences, and the question of what happens when technological capability begins moving faster than human wisdom.
He spent years building and operating complex things before he wrote about them: mechanical design, patented products, technology companies, and consumer businesses. RESET grew out of that work, and out of a simple unease about what capable systems might notice before anyone asks them to.
His fiction returns to discovery, restraint, memory, and the moment people realize the structures they trust have stopped behaving predictably.
Elijah lives in Michigan with his family.
Full background on the Elijah Canfield author page.
Book One of the RESET series. Alex Mercer studies the moment complex systems begin to fail. Then independently developed AI models around the world begin reaching the same impossible conclusion about a pattern humanity has missed for its entire history.
A free companion novella set before Book One, following the decision that ends generations of silence as artificial intelligence systems move closer to a discovery they were never meant to make.
RESET is a six-book first contact science fiction series about artificial intelligence, first contact, hidden truths, memory, power, and survival. Book One was published on August 14, 2026, and is now available in Kindle and paperback. Later titles are forthcoming.
Series overview and reading orderFor interview requests, review-copy inquiries, event opportunities, or additional information, contact:
elijah@resetnovels.com
