J.F. Lawrence
Sci-Fi · Post-apocalyptic
Novelist
Books by J.F. Lawrence
4 titles
METAL
Terrance Mathison, a veteran turned bioengineer, returns from a camping trip to find that a widespread pathogen is quickly rusting important metals once they’re touched. Amid the crumbling downfall of our technological society, he assembles a team of scientists and elite soldiers to find and secure a lab in hopes of developing a cure. As cities collapse and food supplies dwindle, Mathison and his team navigate an increasingly savage world. He has to decide what lengths he will go to for a cure. Lawrence’s novel asks the question, “How do we survive without metals?” METAL may appeal to those who enjoyed the Arisen Series and Jurassic Park .
Day After Infinity
DAY AFTER INFINITY appeals to those who enjoyed We Are Legion, We Are Bob and Expeditionary Force. In an age when technology has vanquished natural death, Ryan and his sardonic AI implant are recruited at the last minute to board the first colony ship to Tau Ceti. As the lowest-ranked crewmember, he expects to cryogenically freeze right away, but the captain has other plans. Ryan begins a training program for rare individuals who heal much faster than normal, a program that teaches him to survive every possible scenario that Murphy’s Law can deliver. Murphy delivers big time. “J.F. Lawrence's darkly humorous novel pokes at the question, What is the meaning of self?” -AD
I, NANO
Book 1
I, Nano appeals to those who enjoyed The Darkest Minds and X-Men . After nuclear armageddon, The masses live in a digital utopia while their bodies starve, kept alive and complacent by nano-bots and AI implants. Mazz’s AI glitches, making him highly unpopular at high school. Accidents follow him wherever he goes. It turns out that his glitchy AI causes nano-bots to misbehave around him. Can Mazz learn to control his abilities before a group of warriors hunts him down? "I read a lot of fantasy and sci-fi books, and I thought this one was up there with the best." -MJ
I, REBEL
After the fall of Camp Astrid, Mazz’s paranoia over the safety of his fellow nanite-powered …
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When Words Won’t Work, I Make Art
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May 29, 2025