About
Douglas Phillips is the best-selling author of the Quantum Series, the Ascending Carbon series, Phenomena and more. His stories blend real science with themes of discovery and inspiration, always with an outlook toward a positive future for humans. In each story, the pace is quick and the protagonists - along with the reader - are drawn deeper into mysteries that require intellect, not bullets, to resolve.
Doug has two science degrees, has designed and written predictive computer models, reads physics books for fun and peers into deep space through the eyepiece of his backyard telescope. Doug lives in Seattle, travels the world with his wife, hikes with his two sons, and becomes a child all over again with his grandchildren.
Featured Work
Quantum Chaos

Chaos. Where the universe ends, and reality begins.
Everyone knows that Chitzas are masters of spatial compression, routinely exploring distant places across the Milky Way in their wedge-shaped scout ships. But rumors abound of even greater accomplishments. Some say these intrepid explorers have reached beyond the galaxy.
When a distress signal is received from deep space, making sense of the emergency becomes a personal matter for Daniel Rice. His wife is onboard that ship. Has it been destroyed? No one knows, but searching for survivors won’t be Daniel’s only problem. The distress signal comes from a region so remote that light itself has not had time to reach our eyes. The Chitzas may have ventured beyond the cosmic horizon.
Compelled to seek the truth, Daniel must follow the Chitzas’ path across vast reaches of space to a mysterious planet in an unusual galaxy. What he learns will take him even further from home—to a place ruled by chaos.
Join the adventure, as the fifth book in the Quantum Series embarks on a fantastic voyage of discovery across the breadth of our universe.