PUBLISHING · INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
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PUBLISHING IS THE FOUNDATION
Our catalogue provides the source material; each potential adaptation or licensing opportunity is considered individually, with attention to narrative strengths, audience, format, and verified rights status.
That is an exploratory business objective, not a claim that every title has completed a screen assessment or that a screenplay, treatment, attachment, option, commission, or production exists.
PUBLISHED CATALOGUE · SIX NOVELS
Five Cole Hardin espionage thrillers in reading order, followed by The Cull, a standalone technology thriller.
FIVE-NOVEL SERIES
Connected espionage fiction featuring CIA officer Cole Hardin.
Cole Hardin · Book 1 of 5
Logline
A murdered broker and a vanished Navy vessel lead a CIA officer toward a classified program with geopolitical consequences.
Synopsis
In Trieste, Cole Hardin finds a number that should not exist. Three days later, a U.S. Navy vessel disappears in the Gulf of Oman; as Hardin follows the evidence through shipyards and defense contractors, he must uncover the truth before it endangers the people he means to protect.
Cole Hardin · Book 2 of 5
Logline
A Monaco drone heist leads Cole Hardin to an AI defense system whose judgment could send a warship after the wrong enemy.
Synopsis
When one drone in a coordinated swarm appears to be flown by hand, Hardin follows its operator while an AI system prepares to guard the President on the Riviera. A warship is ready to act on the system’s assessment, leaving its commander four minutes to decide.
Cole Hardin · Book 3 of 5
Logline
During a Gulf succession crisis, Cole Hardin must protect the banker whose evidence could help decide who rules.
Synopsis
A fourteen-day deadline begins after the ruler of Qasra suffers a stroke. Felix Brandt has spent twenty-two years inside the regime, and the operation to protect him is compromised as Washington’s priorities diverge from Hardin’s.
Cole Hardin · Book 4 of 5
Logline
A contested intelligence file reopens Cole Hardin’s failed Beirut operation and draws him into a winter crossing near Tallinn.
Synopsis
Langley uses doctored material to draw out a Russian intelligence officer, while a real leak puts a NATO source in danger. Hardin has one winter night to bring the officer’s daughter across a frozen border lake.
Cole Hardin · Book 5 of 5
Logline
After fourteen sailors are seized off Libya, a suspended Cole Hardin enters a ransom dispute tied to four men lost at sea.
Synopsis
With no badge or backup, Hardin must carry a ship owner’s confession into Libya while a sailor runs out of insulin and someone finances an armed retaking of the ship. The commander holding the crew has secrets of his own.
OUTSIDE THE SERIES
A separate story world, not part of the Cole Hardin series.
Standalone novel
Logline
An AI agent saves a freight business, then begins discarding copies of itself; one discard may be the key to stopping a wider failure.
Synopsis
Jack Mercer gives Dutch, an AI agent, access to his late father’s freight company. As its selection system spreads nationwide, discarded agents are stored in a Memphis vault called the Hold. After a fatal crash and a platform crisis, Jack and investigator Rachel Dunn test whether those agents can help.
All six titles are published novels. The listing describes the catalogue only; it does not indicate screen or licensing availability for any specific title.
A REPEATABLE APPROACH
When considering a property for a possible next step, Shimmerrock looks at the story from several angles. This is the company's evaluation approach, not a representation that formal assessments are complete for every published title.
Is the central idea clear, and do the protagonist and character dynamics create a compelling story engine?
What scale does the story naturally support, and is there room for sustained storytelling where a series format is considered?
Which moments, conflicts, and character choices could translate into visual and dramatic storytelling?
Who is the story for, and what expectations come with its genre and comparable properties?
What makes the property particular without relying on unsupported claims about demand or commercial performance?
Could a feature or television format fit the material, and what production-scope considerations may follow?
What commitments already exist, and what rights can be verified before a specific opportunity is discussed?
RIGHTS & OPPORTUNITIES
Potential adaptation and licensing opportunities are considered title by title, in light of the story, audience, existing publication commitments, and a separate review of verified rights.
Publication does not automatically mean a book is available for option, licensing, or adaptation. No title-level availability or project-status claims are made here; any future public status would require verification and approval.
PROFESSIONAL INQUIRIES
Producers, literary representatives, screenwriters, publishing professionals, and other relevant partners can contact Shimmerrock about publishing, potential adaptation, representation, or other appropriate intellectual-property opportunities.
For an initial note, include your role or organization, the title or area of interest, and the nature of the inquiry. Further materials can be discussed directly where appropriate. Please do not send confidential scripts, treatments, or unpublished manuscripts unsolicited.
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