Book 1

The Lives of Tao

by Wesley Chu

Published 1 January 2013
When out-of-shape IT technician Roen woke up and started hearing voices in his head, he naturally assumed he was losing it. He wasn't. He now has a passenger in his brain - an ancient alien life-form called Tao, whose race crash-landed on Earth before the first fish crawled out of the oceans. Now split into two opposing factions - the peace-loving, but under-represented Prophus, and the savage, powerful Genjix - the aliens have been in a state of civil war for centuries. Both sides are searching for a way off-planet, and the Genjix will sacrifice the entire human race, if that's what it takes. Meanwhile, Roen is having to train to be the ultimate secret agent. Like that's going to end well...

File Under: Science Fiction [ The Tug of War | I Was Genghis | Diary of a Slob | Spy vs Spy ]

Book 2

The Deaths of Tao

by Wesley Chu

Published 1 January 2013
The Prophus and the Genjix are at war. For centuries they have sought a way off-planet, guiding humanity’s social and technological development to the stage where space travel is possible.

The end is now in sight, and both factions have plans to leave the Earth, but the Genjix method will mean the destruction of the human race.

That’s a price they’re willing to pay.

File Under: Science Fiction [ Manning Up | A Long Journey | Bye-Bye Mankind | Personal Space ]

Book 3

The Rebirths of Tao

by Wesley Chu

Published 2 April 2015
Many years have passed since the events in The Deaths of Tao: the world is split into pro-Prophus and pro-Genjix factions, and is poised on the edge of a devastating new World War; the Prophus are hiding; and Roen has a family to take care of.A Genjix scientist who defects to the other side holds the key to preventing bloodshed on an almost unimaginable scale.With the might of the Genjix in active pursuit, Roen is the only person who can help him save the world, and the Quasing race, too.And you thought you were having a stressful day...File Under: Science Fiction [ Father & Son | The Final Program | The Hero's Path | The Circles of Life ]

The Days of Tao

by Wesley Chu

Published 30 April 2016
Cameron Tan wouldn't have even been in Greece if he hadn't gotten a `D' in Art History. Instead of spending the summer after college completing his training as a Prophus operative, he's doing a study program in Greece, for once enjoying normal fun activities - spending time with friends and getting teased about his crush on a classmate.Then the emergency notification comes in: a Prophus agent with vital information needs immediate extraction, and Cameron is the only agent on the ground, responsible for getting the other agent and data out of the country. The Prophus are relying on him to uncomplicate things. Except that when Tao is around, things have a tendency to get complicated very quickly indeed.

The Tao Novels

by Wesley Chu

Published 2 August 2018
When out-of-shape IT technician Roen Tan woke up and started
hearing voices in his head, he naturally assumed he was losing it. He wasn’t.
He now has a passenger in his brain – an ancient alien life-form called Tao,
whose race crash-landed on Earth before the first fish crawled out of the
oceans. Now split into two opposing factions – the peace-loving, but
under-represented Prophus, and the savage, powerful Genjix – the aliens have
been in a state of civil war for centuries.  Meanwhile, Roen is having to train to be the
ultimate secret agent. Like that’s going to end up well…



The war between the Prophus and the Genjix escalates as the
battle to leave Earth enters a deadly new heights. The end is now in sight, and
both factions have plans to leave the Earth, but the Genjix method will mean
the destruction of the human race. That’s a price they’re willing to pay.



The world splits into pro-Prophus and pro-Genjix factions,
and is poised on the edge of a devastating new World War; the Prophus are
hiding; and Roen has a family to take care of. A Genjix scientist who defects
to the other side holds the key to preventing bloodshed on an almost
unimaginable scale. With the might of the Genjix in active pursuit, Roen is the
only person who can help him save the world, and the Quasing race, too. And you
thought you were having a stressful day…

File Under: Science Fiction