I’ve reached a monumental moment in my writing journey: the first drafts of both POX III and Sea Story are officially complete. These two books represent the largest creative undertaking of my life — two massive, mythic stories written side‑by‑side, each one pushing me deeper into my universe than I ever expected to go.
POX III — The Storm
What began as the follow‑up to The Stricken grew into something far larger. POX III is not just the conclusion of the trilogy — it became a story so big, so dense, and so explosive that it will ultimately be split into two full books. The first draft alone is over 2,000 pages, unedited.
Expanding the POX universe was a challenge, but I did it. And I’m hopeful readers will find these follow‑ups worthy of the journey they began in the first book.
Right now, I’ve simply been calling it POX III, but the final title will come during the editing phase. The release is planned for 2027, making it a major year for the POX saga.
What POX III Is About
POX III brings the trilogy to its explosive conclusion — a story of cosmic biology, psychic connection, and the terrifying beauty of evolution. It’s about the carriers, the descent, the assimilation, and the final reckoning between human fragility and something far older and more powerful.
Dark, mythic, and emotionally charged, POX III is the storm half of my creative psyche.
Sea Story — The Tide
Alongside POX III, I completed the first draft of another massive novel — currently over 1,000 pages. For now, I call it Sea Story, a placeholder title until editing shapes its final name.
This book is completely different from POX — quieter, more emotional, more atmospheric — but just as large in scope. It will also release in 2027, creating a year where both the storm and the tide arrive together.
What Sea Story Is About
Sea Story is the tide — a mythic, emotional, immersive novel where the ocean becomes a character, a threat, and a guide. It’s about survival, connection, grief, and the mysteries that rise from the deep.
Atmospheric, lyrical, and cinematic, Sea Story is the light half of my creative psyche.
Two Halves of the Same Creative Force
Together, POX III and Sea Story represent two halves of the same creative force — the storm and the tide.
POX III is a dark, mythic sci‑fi epic about evolution, telepathy, and the final reckoning of the carrier world.
Sea Story is an atmospheric, emotional ocean novel about mystery, survival, and the ancient intelligence moving beneath the waves.
These books complete a cycle of creation that spans cosmic biology, deep lore, human vulnerability, and the quiet power of the unknown.
2027 will be a huge year — not just for the POX saga, but for this new ocean epic that opens the door to future stories.
What These Books Mean to Me
Finishing POX III and Sea Story marks one of the most defining moments of my writing life. These books aren’t just manuscripts — they’re the result of years of growth, struggle, imagination, and the quiet belief that I could build worlds big enough to hold everything I wanted to say.
POX III is the storm.
It’s the part of me that wrestles with evolution, identity, fear, and transformation. Writing it forced me to confront the darker corners of my imagination — the cosmic, the biological, the mythic. It pushed me to expand the POX universe far beyond what I ever intended, until it became something massive, unwieldy, and deeply personal. It taught me discipline, endurance, and how to trust the story even when it grew larger than I expected.
Sea Story is the tide.
It’s the part of me that feels instead of fights — the emotional, the atmospheric, the quiet. Writing it was like listening to a long, slow wave that kept pulling me deeper. It’s about grief, connection, mystery, and the ocean as a living presence. It reminded me that stories don’t always roar; sometimes they whisper. Sometimes they heal. Sometimes they carry you.
Together, these books represent two halves of my creative self — the storm and the tide. One is violent, cosmic, and transformative. The other is gentle, haunting, and deeply human. Completing both drafts at the same time feels like closing a chapter of my life and opening a new one. It feels like proof that the worlds I imagined years ago have finally grown into something real.
These books mean everything to me because they show what happens when you don’t give up on the stories that choose you. They’re the culmination of years of writing, revising, doubting, believing, and pushing forward. And in 2027, when they finally reach readers, I hope they feel even a fraction of what I felt while creating them.
Joe Meyers Adventures 