‘THE GENESIS ENGINE’ SKETCH BOOK
The initial sketchbook for “The Genesis Engine” took up over 50 pages, and covered everything from ship design, to research to plot notes. I haven’t uploaded all of it here, as often there are spoilers for the John Risk series, but thought you’d be interested to see as much as I can share right now 🚀
SPOILER WARNING! THIS EXPLAINS THE PLOT OF “THE GENESIS ENGINE” READ WITH CARE!

The initial design for Primus’ ‘Petal Ship’ with its chromatophore skin and essential geometry.

A photo of a cuttlefish’s skin that shows its camouflage; when I wrote the sections involving this I was able to refer back to my notes instead of needing to google and get distracted …

Your characters NEED motivation above all else.

Primus / Barlow / Alice





















