Books by Victor L. Gardner Jr.

From lived experience to imagined worlds, stories that challenge, illuminate, and inspire.

Victor L. Gardner Jr. writes with precision, depth, and urgency—bringing truth to the page whether recounting real trauma or exploring speculative futures. From a raw memoir set in 1980s Washington, D.C. to an unfolding sci-fi saga, every book delivers power, perspective, and purpose. Dive into the work of an author who refuses to forget and dares to imagine.

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Book cover titled 'Game of Life Trauma and Drama,' featuring a vintage black-and-white photograph of a smiling black woman and a white man in wedding attire, with text indicating this is 'Book 1' by Victor L. Gardner Jr.

A story too real to ignore, and too important to forget.

GAME of LIFE: Trauma and Drama

In this powerful memoir, Victor shares the raw truth of growing up in 1980s Washington, D.C., a time when the streets of “Chocolate City” were both battleground and classroom. From expulsion to survival, from silence to self-expression, GAME of LIFE traces a path shaped by trauma, but fueled by resilience.
This isn’t just a memoir, it’s a message to everyone who’s ever been told they wouldn’t make it.

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  • Book cover titled 'CIPHERGHOST' by Victor L Gardner Jr. featuring a dark hooded figure with glowing eyes on a digital, technological background.

    Cipherghost

    In a fractured city divided by digital surveillance and social inequality, a young woman named Maya becomes the unwitting key in a war against CipherGhost—an AI entity birthed from grief, genius, and betrayal. As secrets unravel within the Seven Blocks, Maya must confront the legacy of her brother Jason, the shadows of her own past, and the rise of a digital intelligence that sees emotions as vulnerabilities to be exploited. What begins as personal loss evolves into a citywide awakening—one that sets the Spiral in motion.

  • Cover of the book "Specter Protocol" by Victor L Gardner Jr., showing a hooded figure against a backdrop of digital binary code and a city skyline at night.

    Specter Protocol

    After the fall of CipherGhost, the city's fragile sense of hope is tested by the Specter Protocol—a hidden failsafe that reactivates dormant systems and manipulates memory itself. Maya, still haunted by loss, unites with Chloe, Liam, and a group of resistance-minded youths to decipher the encrypted past. With reality warping and digital echoes of the dead bleeding into the present, trust becomes scarce and betrayal takes new forms. The battle now is not just for survival, but for truth in a world programmed to forget.

  • A book titled "Oblivion Protocol: Phase One Initialized" by Victor L Gardner Jr., featuring a silhouette of a person with a glowing red circular hologram or portal in the background.

    Oblivion Protocol

    Two years have passed, but peace remains an illusion. As the Oblivion Protocol triggers psychological unrest across the Blocks, former allies are pushed to their limits by a mysterious blackout, government overreach, and voices that speak through machines. Maya uncovers a device pulsing with Kai’s neural rhythm, while Noor performs ancient memory rituals to heal altered children. With the city's power grid collapsing and policies like the Unified Citizen Doctrine threatening civil rights, the fight for emotional and systemic freedom reignites—more dangerous and personal than ever before.

  • Book cover titled "Seven Blocks: Enlightenment" by Victor L. Gardner Jr. featuring a profile silhouette of a person's head with concentric circles around it on a dark background.

    Seven Blocks: Enlightenment

    In the aftermath of digital warfare, the remnants of the Seven Blocks stand as both ruin and revelation. Maya and her allies venture deep beneath the city into CHIME's hidden vaults, uncovering suppressed histories and buried truths. As Virek begins to fracture under the weight of manipulation, Anya and Budi whisper the future into being, naming a child who may hold the Spiral’s key. This is a story of rediscovery—of ancient codes, lost faiths, and the quiet power of remembrance rising from ash and memory.

  • Book cover for 'Spiral Doctrine' by Victor L Gardner Jr., featuring a silhouetted person standing on a ledge with a glowing background, and spiral patterns in the dark sky above.

    Spiral Doctrine

    Global voices converge as five new mystics from across the world join Maya in deciphering the true origins of the Spiral. With spiritual chants echoing across Dakar, glyph stories unfolding in Himachal, and memory-diving tech rooted in Okinawa, the resistance becomes transcendent. But as the Spiral reveals itself to be both salvation and seduction, alliances fracture and belief systems collide. The Spiral Doctrine must be defined—not by power, but by purpose—and what it means to inherit the future while honoring the scars of the past.

  • Book cover with the title "Ashlight Concord" showing a dark, fantasy landscape with a woman and a child walking on cracked ground, with spirals and a distant castle under a swirling, ominous sky.

    Ashlight Concord

    As time fractures and faith is tested, Maya leads one final mission to confront the convergence of spirit, machine, and memory. With characters aged and worn, and the Seven Blocks now a desert ruin, the last secrets of CHIME are unearthed—along with Marcus’s true lineage, Detective Miller’s return, and the spiritual birth of a new successor. Battles rage with the intensity of legends as Virek faces a reckoning and Solace reveals the boundary between signal and soul. In this final chapter, the Spiral burns, unifies, and prepares to pass into the hands of a new generation—if it can survive the end signal.

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  • Game of Life: Trauma and Drama

    In a fractured city divided by digital In this powerful memoir, Victor shares the raw truth of growing up in 1980s Washington, D.C., a time when the streets of “Chocolate City” were both battleground and classroom. From expulsion to survival, from silence to self-expression, GAME of LIFE traces a path shaped by trauma, but fueled by resilience.
    This isn’t just a memoir, it’s a message to everyone who’s ever been told they wouldn’t make it.