Finish the book.Keep the wonder.
Lose yourself in ancient mysteries, dangerous discoveries, and the lives of people whose search for answers changes everything.
Metaphysical thrillers that keep the pages turning, then leave you thinking about consciousness, connection and your own possibilities long after the last page.
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Volume I, The Quantum Gate. Physicist Ethan Cross and his daughter Sofi search for the Hall of Records, a discovery that could overturn what we know about humanity’s past.
The Ascension Chronicles
Four volumes. From buried mysteries beneath Egypt, to the echoes of Atlantis, to an awakening mind, and finally the slopes of Mount Shasta.
The adventure stays with you.
Follow the clues. Feel the stakes. Who can you trust, what would you risk, and what happens when the answers challenge everything you thought you knew?
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The pleasure of piecing it together.
Follow buried clues, question hidden motives, and feel the excitement of a discovery that changes the meaning of everything that came before.
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The pull of someone else’s impossible choice.
Experience the story alongside people torn between fear and courage, loyalty and truth, power and responsibility. Their decisions may leave you considering your own.
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A renewed appetite for possibility.
Explore imagined worlds where consciousness, memory and ancient history meet, and carry that curiosity beyond the final page.
What would you do if the impossible began happening to you?
Objects move. Strange symbols appear. Dreams feel more real than waking life.
Step into Jack Maddox’s world as bewilderment becomes discovery, and discovery becomes danger. Feel the exhilaration of uncovering an extraordinary ability, and the fear of what it could cost the people you love.
How much would you risk to understand what you’re becoming?
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The complete library
Three novels, one extraordinary journey, with two pieces you won’t find anywhere else.
- Volume IThe Quantum Gate
- Volume IIEchoes of Atlantis
- Volume IIIAwakening
- BonusThe Lost Chapter from The Quantum Gate
- BonusThe Atlantean Lexicon, enhanced and expanded Architect Edition
The Light Within Shadow
The conclusion arrives this winter.
As ancient forces awaken beneath Mount Shasta and the veil between worlds begins to tear, old allies return, long-buried secrets rise, and the true nature of the Entity is revealed.
Ethan, Sofi, Lila, Alec and Jack must face an enemy born from humanity’s oldest shadow, and the only way to win may be through surrender.
I write for the part of you that still wonders.
I’m Bill Combs. My fascination with ancient mysteries began in childhood and grew into a lifelong exploration of consciousness, spiritual traditions and human possibility.
Those questions became the worlds of The Ascension Chronicles. I write to give you the pleasure of discovery, characters whose choices matter, and possibilities you can explore through their experiences.
My hope is simple: that you become absorbed in the adventure and return to your own world with your curiosity stirred.
“When I was ten years old, I found a set of books about Edgar Cayce that belonged to my mother. I did not know it then, but that discovery would change the direction of my life.”
Follow your curiosity beyond the story.
The ancient mysteries, personal experiences and questions that inspire the fiction.
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How The Quantum Gate came to be
A set of Edgar Cayce books, found at ten years old, and the question that never went away.
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Secret knowledge, ancient mysteries and us
Why hidden history still shapes how we see consciousness and our place in reality.
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Atlantis and the memory of a lost age
A legend that may reflect a lost age of consciousness, power and human potential.
Questions readers ask
Something else on your mind? Write to Bill at bill@billcombs.com.
What is The Quantum Gate about?
The first novel in a metaphysical thriller series that blends quantum physics, ancient mysteries, secret societies and the search for hidden knowledge. It follows disgraced physicist Ethan Cross and his daughter Sofi as they uncover the secret of the Hall of Records, a multi-dimensional archive of humanity’s lost wisdom.
Is it based on real history?
It’s fiction inspired by real historical mysteries, metaphysical teachings and ancient traditions. Readers will recognize the Edgar Cayce readings, the lost knowledge of Atlantis, Egyptian mystery schools and quantum consciousness theories.
I’m new to metaphysical fiction. Is this for me?
Yes. The series is rich with esoteric ideas but unfolds in a way that invites curiosity, so you don’t need any prior knowledge to enjoy it.
What is Quanticism?
A metaphysical philosophy explored in the books that brings together consciousness, quantum physics and spiritual evolution. It suggests reality is shaped by belief, intention and resonance. Read more about Quanticism.
Where can I buy the books?
In print and ebook from Amazon and other retailers, and some formats directly from theascensionchronicles.com.
Ready for a mystery you can lose yourself in?
Begin with The Quantum Gate. Meet Ethan and Sofi, follow the first clues, and see if this is the adventure you’ve been looking for.
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