Engineer-turned-author earns recognition for his debut military sci-fi thriller blending cutting-edge technology, intense action, and emotional depth
Author Jeff Scott is proud to announce that his debut military sci-fi thriller, Exoskeleton, has been awarded the Literary Titan Silver Book Award, a distinction recognizing excellence in storytelling, character development, writing style, and overall impact on readers.
The award marks a major milestone for Scott, a seasoned Professional Engineer and Certified Safety Professional whose thirty-year career in technical and safety writing laid the foundation for a bold and compelling move into fiction.
Exoskeleton is a 329-page military techno-thriller with sci-fi elements that follows Alec Byrnes, a former Air Force special operations lieutenant whose decorated career ends in catastrophe, leaving him confined to a wheelchair and battling bitterness, isolation, and personal demons. When he is offered the chance to walk again through an experimental exoskeleton suit, Alec enters a classified program that pulls him into a dangerous web of covert operations, betrayal, and conspiracy.
With high-stakes action, near-future technology, and a deeply human core, Exoskeleton explores more than combat and advanced machinery. At its heart, the novel asks what it really means to reclaim identity after trauma, and whether power can heal the person inside the armor.
Scott’s background gives the novel a distinctive edge. Over the course of his engineering career, he published extensively in technical and science publications, developed more than twenty safety, investigation, and engineering training modules for PDHEngineer, and authored the nonfiction book Hands-On Safety for Hands-On Tools. After spending a decade refining his fiction craft through short stories and novellas, Scott launched Exoskeleton as the first entry in his planned Phantom Cell series.
Future titles in the series will include ReBooT, Bio Shock, Moral Compass, and Neurodivergent, all tied together by a unifying vision: transforming ordinary individuals, often those facing apparent limitations, into extraordinary heroes.
Exoskeleton is available now on Amazon.
“With Exoskeleton, Jeff Scott delivers a thriller that is both technically credible and emotionally gripping,” the award recognition underscores. For readers who enjoy military thrillers in the spirit of Tom Clancy but want exosuits, AI, conspiracy, and a protagonist shaped by real inner conflict, Exoskeleton offers a fresh and forceful new voice in the genre.
About Jeff Scott
Jeff Scott is a Professional Engineer, Certified Safety Professional, and author whose work spans technical literature, training development, nonfiction, and now fiction. His writing combines technical realism with emotionally grounded storytelling, bringing a distinctive perspective to the military sci-fi thriller genre.
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