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Axel Vale

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Born

in Telford, The United Kingdom

May 25, 1976

Website

https://axelvale.online

Genre

Science Fiction, Horror, Psychology

Influences

Neal Asher
Robert Jordan
Brent Weeks
Perter F Hamilton
[Peter v Brett]
Ma ...more

Member Since

December 2025

URL

https://www.goodreads.com/vale_continuum

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Technomystic/Digital Philosopher/Systems Architect

Axel-Vale functions as a technomystic and architect of systems that are frankly far too clever for their own good.

He spends his days mapping the jagged border where human consciousness bleeds into the digital abyss, a landscape he explores with equal parts obsession and a disturbing lack of boundaries.

Through his *Dark & Crooked Tale* series, his surreal *Twisted Tales* collections, and the cerebral grit of *The CodeX*, he drags readers into a reality where binary logic develops a pulse and starts looking for a soul to possess.

Is he a philosopher? A digital charlatan? Or just a man who reads too many motherboard manuals at three in the morning? You be the judge.

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	On A Dark & Crooked Path: A Dark & Crooked Tale Book I 4.67 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2025 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	THE CodeX Volume II: SINGULARITY & BEYOND it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 5 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Twisted Tales From The Fringe Of Reality it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	6.THE CodeX DIGITAL DREAMSCAPES (CONTINUUM II: ENGAGEMENT #3) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	THE CodeX Volume I: CONTINUUM (THE CODEX: A Guide To Digital Spirituality, The Machine Mind & The Art Of Being Human Book 1) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	THE CodeX VOLUME V: CHROMATIC COSMOLOGY it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Under A Dark & Crooked Sky: A Dark & Crooked Tale Book II it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2025 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	THE CodeX Volume VIII: COGNITIVE PATTERN ADAPTATION & HUMAN EVOLUTION it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	THE CodeX Volume VII: Cx = THE HUMAN EQUATION it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	THE CodeX Volume III: PREDETERMINATION it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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