Books
Explore suspense, thrillers, middle-grade adventures, and imaginative fiction by Roy Kern. From dark secrets and high-stakes tension to fun, heartfelt stories for younger readers, these books are built around character, momentum, and memorable worlds.
Available Titles
Roy Kern’s current books are available now.
The Canary Program
Some systems don’t protect. They erase.
When loyalty becomes a weapon and survival depends on knowing who is really in control, nothing stays simple for long.
The Canary Program is a grounded espionage thriller built on secrecy, pressure, betrayal, and the quiet machinery of institutions that decide who matters and who disappears. As the truth begins to surface, the cost of staying alive becomes inseparable from the cost of knowing too much.
Tense, atmospheric, and driven by consequence, this novel sets the stage for a larger world of surveillance, buried operations, and lives shaped by forces operating in the dark.
Genre: Spy Thriller / Suspense
Series: Raven Saga, Book 1
The Invitation
Some reunions open old wounds. Others uncover the truth.
What begins as a gathering meant to reconnect quickly turns into something darker.
Set against an atmosphere of isolation, unease, and buried history, The Invitation draws readers into a tense, high-stakes story where every shared memory hides another layer and every relationship carries tension beneath the surface. As suspicions grow and old wounds reopen, the people at the center of the gathering are forced to confront what they know, what they fear, and what they have tried to leave behind.
This is a suspense-driven novel about trust, secrecy, and the danger of what waits beneath the surface of familiar lives.
Genre: Mystery / Suspense / Thriller
Series: The Invitation Series, Book 1
The Adventures of Isabel Bright
A new school. A new life. A power she never expected.
Isabel Bright is trying to survive the everyday challenges of being the new kid when her world begins to shift in ways she can’t explain.
Blending heart, courage, and discovery, The Adventures of Isabel Bright is a middle-grade story about identity, bravery, and stepping into something bigger than yourself. As Isabel faces new friendships, new dangers, and the first signs of extraordinary change, she begins to discover that being different may be the very thing that makes her strong.
This is a story for readers who love coming-of-age adventure, hidden strength, and heroes who grow into themselves one hard choice at a time.
Genre: Middle Grade Adventure / Fantasy
Series: Isabel Bright
Coming Soon
The Invitation Series
Titles:
The Invitation: New Year’s Eve Party — Book 1
The Invitation: Day of Judgment — Book 2
The Invitation: Snowbound — Book 3
A suspense series built on secrets, pressure, betrayal, and the destructive power of unfinished history. Each installment deepens the danger, widens the fallout, and forces its characters into more brutal choices as the consequences of the past refuse to stay buried.
The Raven Saga
Titles:
The Canary Program — Book 1
Black Channel — Book 2
Echoes of the Shadows — Book 3
The Shadow Archive — Book 4
The Raven Directive — Book 5
The Shadow Convergence — Book 6
A tense espionage thriller saga shaped by surveillance, institutional power, hidden operations, and the human cost of buried truths. The Raven Saga follows intersecting lives pulled into a world where loyalty is fragile, systems are weaponized, and survival often comes at the price of identity, trust, and family.
The Isabel Bright Series
A growing middle-grade adventure series centered on courage, identity, and the discovery of hidden strength. As Isabel’s world expands, so do the dangers, friendships, and choices that shape the hero she is becoming.
Galactic Chronicles
Titles:
Galactic Chronicles: Rising Shadows — Book 1
A large-scale science-fiction saga set across six human worlds shaped by power, division, and long-buried conflict. As alliances fracture and deeper truths rise to the surface, the fate of entire civilizations begins to turn on the choices of those willing to confront what history tried to hide.
More Titles in Development
The Missing Delivery
The Mystery Times: The Vanishing Week
Additional children’s titles, suspense novels, and series projects are in development.
More Stories Ahead
New books, series updates, and release news will be added as upcoming projects move closer to publication.