In a galaxy where love, conspiracies and aliens collide, Dark Matter Heart takes readers on a wild ride through interstellar intrigue and romantic chaos. Follow Mallory, a dedicated cultural anthropologist, who’s recruited by the government to forge peace with extraterrestrial civilizations. Juggling her own broken heart and the turbulent dynamics of alien diplomacy, Mallory navigates the complexities of both human and alien emotions, all the while resisting her attraction to Omar, an alluring fellow crew member aboard the starship Macchiato.
Meanwhile, Ray, a redneck conspiracy theorist, believes that a vast government and corporate conspiracy, led by the enigmatic Grover Mast, is covering up his alien abduction. After quitting his support group for abductees, Ray and his unlikely partner Helen, dive headfirst into uncovering the truth behind their mysterious disappearances, all while clashing with their own skepticism and the shadowy forces at play.
As Mallory and Ray's paths intersect in the most unexpected ways, their contrasting worlds—one of scientific diplomacy and the other of cosmic paranoia—collide with explosive results. Will Mallory and Ray find the answers they seek and the love each yearn for or will they be lost in the chaos of the universe. Get ready for a hilarious and heartfelt journey across the stars in Dark Matter Heart.
A superpowered biker that listens to classical music. A necromantic Composer that uses his zombie orchestra to make the world march to his tune. Rugged meets refined in Lowside Symphony!
Hopi biker David Redhawk resists attachments and commitment, but when an unexplained accident imbues him with a mysterious force known as Interverse Energy, he must grapple with his past, his power and his purpose. David is the only one who can counter the elitist machinations of the Composer, a fellow Interverse wielder with a passion for high culture and necromancy. With the help of some unlikely comrades, and the music in his head, David is forced to contend with the Composer’s ever growing undead orchestra before it makes society march to its morbid magnum opus.
In 2012, a team of archaeologists went to study the past of a mysterious culture. But what they uncovered might just shape the future...for all of us.
Marco (Bev) Bevilaqua is called to the untouched South Pacific island of Ralua to assist renowned archaeologist Dr. Alec Hagan in his excavation. With the help of anthropologist Cora Proll and a versatile team of experts, they set out to study the history of the enigmatic society that lives on the remote island. When Bev and his colleagues explore native life and dig into its past, they find that their excavation reveals far more than the most valuable artifact or insight. With the tribe weary of outsiders and a ruthless antiquities dealer determined to loot Ralua, Bev and his team race to uncover a hidden past that might just have repercussions for the world far beyond the island.
Where is the line between vigilante and villain? Between influence and manipulation? Between using others for good or exploiting them for evil? Find out in this gripping narrative that will have you questioning who the real enemies are!
Joseph Conklin, a man humbled by torture, war and the unabashed greed of others, has established himself as the nondescript head of the shipping conglomerate Hermes International. He has used his relative anonymity to secretly run an extensive syndicate known as Catharsis under a masked persona dubbed by the media as "The Leveler".
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Considered a terrorist by the government, the Leveler uses his clandestine influence and vast resources to balance out the inequities of society by forcing empathy on the world. In radical ways. Along with disrupting systems of greed and consumerism, he endeavors to elicit real justice by using Catharsis to aid those truly in need.
With threats against an ultra wealthy pharmaceutical executive and corrupt politicians, the authorities are forced to answer the Leveler by allocating their best people to the case. Enter Martin Fultons, a dutiful if not slightly jaded G-man, a his partner Jennifer Fallwood, who are determined to stay ahead of a suspect who is always ten steps ahead of them.
Fighting the Leveler becomes more than the agents bargained for when they must contend with Conklin's fleet of copter drones, versatile inner circle of associates, and formidable intellect. To make matters worse, the Leveler's "Robin Hood" like philanthropy has put some of the public on his side and made him more than just a controversial figure.
With the brilliant Conklin turning the means of production into the means of destruction and the FBI on his trail, the reader finds themselves in the middle of a battle for society 's soul.
TJ Altieri's fiction compels readers to reflect on both society and themselves, taking his audience on a narrative journey through layered plots and multidimensional characters. Often fusing genres, his writing juxtaposes perspectives and elicits discourse in a way that is remarkably engaging.
Aside from his most recent novel, Dark Matter Heart, Altieri has published the books Lowside Symphony, the archaeology mystery "Foundations", and the crime thriller "Controlling Interest", and has several other works in progress in other genres. TJ was chosen to be guest author and keynote speaker at American Association of University Women's 2023 Author Luncheon and Book Signing. He considers the factor that drives and unites his stories to be the humanity felt through his characters and how it helps us reflect on our own lives.
Outside of fiction, TJ Altieri has completed historical treatises in archaeology, anthropology, and gender studies. When not writing, he works as a history educator in Connecticut Public Schools and as conservationist working to preserve wildlife, in and out of human care, at Connecticut's Beardsley Zoo.