E.M. Foner Books In Order

Publication Order of AI Diaries Books

Publication Order of Earth Cent Ambassador Books

Publication Order of EarthCent Metaverse Books

Publication Order of EarthCent Auxiliaries Books

Publication Order of EarthCent Families Books

Publication Order of EarthCent Universe Books

Publication Order of Standalone Novels

E.M. Foner is a reputed American writer of science fiction and fantasy novels. He is best known for writing two successful book series, namely, the AI Diaries series and the EarthCent Ambassador series. The latter is particularly very popular and is the one that helped him make his presence felt in the world of science fiction stories. Foner was born and brought up in Northampton, Massachusetts. Prior to choosing the path of novel writing as a career, he was involved in running a small business. Unfortunately, the business suffered a huge loss and left Foner devastated. Foner had become so much broke that he remained jobless for around twenty years. In his desperation, he thought of trying his luck as an author. To everyone’s surprise, Foner did very well with his very first novel. The initial success gave him the confidence to continue writing. Since then, he has not looked back. Over the years of his writing career, Foner has produced many exciting novels, which the readers in all parts of the world have read and appreciated a lot.

Whenever Foner begins the writing part of a new novel, he looks to develop something that won’t make him or the readers blush. Foner always attempts to write a unique story, which is different than every other science fiction story in a number of aspects. When he started writing the EarthCent novels, he wanted to set them in a world full of optimistic future. For Foner, humor is not as easy as writing other genre stories. So, when he attempted to mix violence and humor in his books, he struggled a lot. After spending many years in this field, the readers can see a definite growth in his writing and editing works. During the initial phase of his career, Foner faced many difficulties in developing science fiction stories. He wanted to create an epic, but miserably multiple times. The frustration so much that Foner ended up taking a break from the sci-fi genre. And incidentally, when he was looking to develop a new story, the initial idea of his debut novel struck his mind. It came out of nowhere and gave Foner a hope that he can finally create something interesting through his imagination and writing skills.

Foner took the decision of mixing comedy with science fiction was an experiment to see how many people accept it. When he received a good response from the readers in his first attempt, he continued to do so in the books that followed later in his career. Usually, Foner likes to mention the topics of business, gaming, diplomacy, and family relations in his books. After the successful run of the EarthCent books, Foner has recently started a new fantasy series set in a similar universe. He has mentioned different missions and characters in the new novel series. He has said that there is a scope for the intersection of the two series and has a sequence in his mind in this regard that he wishes to explore.

The successful second novel series written by E.M. Foner in his literary career is known as the AI Diaries series. It is comprised of three books in total released between 2018 and 2019. This series revolves around the concept of AI Observers governed by aliens infiltrating Earth and evaluating humanity secretly. Author Foner has described the main character in this series in the role of Mark Ai. He is an Ai Observer sent by the aliens along with a team of observers. Mark Ai keeps his identity hidden by taking up the role of a PC repairman and secretly carries out his mission of managing the observers’ team. The debut book of this series is known as ‘Turing Test’. It was released by the Amazon Digital Services in 2018. This book opens by introducing Mark Ai as a computer repairman. He goes to work every day and fixes computers. But actually, this job is just to hide his real job of managing an observation team that is tasked with watching humanity. Along with this mission, he Mark Ai also fills in as a teenage neighbor’s parent, provides shelter for a puppy, and earns some money through his side hustle. While carrying out this juggling act, Mark Ai ends up breaking several important rules. Things begin to get difficult for Mark Ai with the arrival of competing aliens.

The second volume of the AI Diaries series is entitled ‘Human Test’. It was also released in 2018 by the Foner Books. This book’s story is set in an alternate world filled with human refugees, who get ousted from Earth after being labeled as unsuitable. The story begins to unfold when the human refugees start developing handicrafts for the luxury market of the galaxy. Initially, it is depicted that Mark Ai expands his teams by adding a few more members. He and his team go on an undercover mission on the Reservation. The Reservation is a world that the Ferrymen filled with the human population. These humans were removed from the Earth during the time between the Bronze and Iron Ages and transported to the Reservation.

As per the mission, Mark Ai is required to find out if any of the rules of Sky God are being violated by the Ferrymen. Later, it is learned that things are not what they appear to be. Mark and the members of his team are themselves being observed by another team of alien observers. This book continues the AI saga in a light-hearted way. It consists of fun characters, interesting settings, and a wonderful storyline. This novel also received a great response from the readers in all the places of its publishing. It went on to become an immensely successful and motivated author Foner to move on to write the third book of the series. He is expected to add a few more volumes to the series. Foner has already started working on the series’ next book. His fans hope that all the new books also turn out to be engaging, quirky, and fun to read. Foner wants to explore the idea of the interaction of aliens with humans in more depth in his upcoming books.