Silver Enigma

War tore the skies apart. Now, survival is only the beginning.

Ensign Carol Hansen is six months out of Fleet University—and six months free from a relationship that nearly broke her. Serving aboard the Liberty, orbiting the mysterious alien city of Inoria, feels like the reset she’s earned. But when a sudden orbital strike destroys the Liberty, Carol survives by sheer luck, stranded planetside with a handful of fellow survivors.

David Powell was born for a Fleet commission—until a family tragedy rerouted his future. Now, pulled into the same conflict that upended Carol’s life, David must fight to reclaim his path and realize the potential everyone knew he held within.

As Carol confronts grief, leadership, and the enigma behind the alien assault, she must also face the emotional wreckage she left behind. Can she rise from raw ensign to hardened combat leader? And can David find his way back—not just to the Fleet, but to the woman he’s loved since their first day at the academy?

For fans of Heinlein’s grit, Asimov’s introspection, and Niven’s cosmic scale, Silver Enigma is a sweeping fusion of military sci-fi and emotional reckoning—where survival is only the beginning, and her greatest discovery won’t be alien—it’s finding the love she didn’t know she left behind, still there in the eyes of one who was never ‘just a friend.’

Here's what readers are saying about Silver Enigma...

"This book has it all. Great characters you can get attached to, great and unique storyline with twists and curves, and a great ending to the first book that makes it all worthwhile."

[A] good story that I thoroughly enjoyed...Relatable setting and characters.

There are storytellers, there are writers, and there are authors. Rock Whitehouse is all of these in the classic sense of the old Sci-Fi greats.

"A gripping piece, with interesting ideas and a willingness to spend time on a character before killing them off, managing to avoid a lot of plot cliches along the way."