Tech Raider: Book 1 of the Tech Raider Saga

by Shay Roberts

A girl genius on a mission. A faltering friend. A lethal race through radioactive ruins.

Jade Ashton can fix anything-except the terrible disease threatening her best friend.

Decades after a nuclear war, 1970s Los Angeles is frozen in time, and the survivors carry on with mood rings and bell-bottom jeans. Twenty-one-year-old Jade thrives as the fix-it queen of an enclave housed inside a shopping mall.

When a mysterious craft crashes near the airport rad zone, Jade sees her chance to recover its tech and trade the loot to save her friend.

Defying the men who tell her to stay in her lane, Jade joins a dangerous salvage expedition led by an enigmatic mystic who sees her potential.

Jade soon realizes that mutants, robots, and raiders are the least of her worries. She's developing alarming new powers she can't control, and she's running out of time.

With her friend's condition worsening, Jade hacks together new gear to help her team reach the rad zone-unaware of the deadly trap awaiting them there.

Tech Raider is a post-apocalyptic sci-fi adventure celebrating the power of friendship. Perfect for fans of Fallout.

If you enjoy snarky heroines, wise mentors, and tech-scavenging fun, you'll love Jade's quest through the ruins of disco-era L.A.

Join Jade's incredible journey from mall mechanic to wasteland warrior—buy Tech Raider today!

Reader an online glossary for the series is available at techraiderbooks.com/glossary.

The complete Tech Raider saga, by bestselling author Shay

☢ Tech Raider

☢ Omega Wave

☢ TNT

☢ Mutation

☢ Madhouse

☢ Invasion

237 pages, Kindle Edition

Expected publication February 5, 2026

About the author

Shay Roberts, a USA Today bestselling fantasy author, has a reputation for writing page-turning novels with captivating characters.

Shay began writing as a child, scribbling stories on the walls of the family home. In ink. As you can imagine, they were poorly received. But when the young author moved to pencil and paper, a career was born.

The medieval world is a frequent setting for the writer’s works. Passionate about Historical European Martial Arts (HEMA), Shay founded the Academy of Arms, a nonprofit medieval martial arts school in Los Angeles. As an instructor, the author developed expertise in various dueling weapons, including the longsword and pollaxe, and later discovered these skills are counterproductive in office situations.

Shay is also an instrument-rated pilot with a diverse educational background, including an MA in Screenwriting, a BS in Biology, and a BA in English. This is another way of saying Shay never wanted to leave college and join the “real world.”

When not slaving over a new novel, the author plays open-world RPGs and explores the latest tech gadgets. Shay enjoys a healthy lifestyle that includes cooking, working out, fermenting vegetables, and brewing kombucha. The writer’s cherry-ginger kombucha has been particularly well-received.

The author finds Pomskies and Russian Blues to be the most adorable of all creatures and will duel anyone who says otherwise. As an animal lover, there is always a place in Shay’s books for another furry friend.

Currently, the author spends much of the year in Portugal, embracing the culture and learning the language. É muito difícil! With its rich history, picturesque landscapes, and friendly people, Portugal is the perfect place for writing spellbinding novels. Be advised, if you ever want to visit this lovely country, you are required to love futebol and swear allegiance to Ronaldo.