# Brandon Q. Morris

Brandon Q. Morris, pseudonym of Matthias Matting, born 28 August 1966 in Luckenwalde (East Germany), is a German writer of hard science-fiction.

## Biography

After completing his physics studies at the TU Dresden, Matting became an editor at a specialist publisher for computer magazines in Munich. In the following years he worked among other things. as editor for Computer Bild, Wirtschaftswoche, Focus and Heise-Verlag. In addition, he regularly published specialist books on various technical topics as well as several fiction novels. Matting also operated web portals for self-publishers and offered seminars for authors. From February 2015 to December 2017 he was chairman of the board of the German Self Publisher Association, which he co-founded. Under the pseudonym, he has also been a science fiction writer since 2017.

## Book features

All of Morris' books have an afterword educational chapter about the subject matter (such as a celestial object like Enceladus or concept like black holes) that drives the plot of the book.

## Awards

* In 2011 Matthias Matting was one of the first winners of the derneuebuchpreis.de (dnbp), endowed with a total of 20,000 euros, in the non-fiction category for Travel to Fukushima.
* Skoutz Award 2019 in the Science Fiction category together with Cliff Allister for the novel Helium-3.
* Fantastik-Literaturpreis Seraph 2020 - nomination longlist “Best Independent Title” for the novel Das Triton-Desaster.

## Publications

* Ice Moon series
** Enceladus Mission (2017)
** Titan Probe (2018)
** Io Encounter (2018)
** Return to Enceladus (2018)
** Jupiter Catastrophe (2018)
* Solar System series
** Hole (2018)
** Silent Sun (2018)
** Rift (2019)
** Triton Disaster (2020)
** Clouds of Venus (2020)
** Dark Spring (2020)
** The Beacon (2021)
** Pluto Debacle (2023)
** The Uranus Fiasco (2023)
* Disturbance series
** The Disturbance (2022)
** The Disturbance 2: The Answer (2022)
** The Disturbance 3: The Truth (2023)
* Proxima Trilogy
** Proxima Rising (2019)
** Proxima Dying (2019)
** Proxima Dreaming (2019)
* Proxima Logfiles
** Marchenko's Children (2021)
** Into the Darkness (2021)
** Into the Light (2021)
** Runaway (2021)
** Evolution (2021)
** Olom (2022)
** Earthward (2022)
* Big Rip Trilogy
** The Death of the Universe (2020)
** Ghost Kingdom (2020)
** Rebirth (2020)
* Amphirite series
** Amphirite 1: The Black Planet (2020)
** Amphirite 2 (2021)
** Amphirite 3 (2021)
* Andromeda series
** Andromeda: The Encounter (2022)
** Andromeda: The Sojourn (2022)
** Andromeda: The Arrival (2022)
* The Timeless Artifact series
** Möbius – The Timeless Artifact (2022)
** Möbius 2 – The Timeless Artifact (2022)
** Möbius 3 – The Timeless Artifact (2022)
* Mars Nation series
** Mars Nation Part 1 (2019)
** Mars Nation Part 2 (2019)
** Mars Nation Part 3 (2019)
* Helium 3 series, co-written by Cliff Allister
** Helium-3: Fight for the Future (2021)
** Helium-3: Death from the Past (2021)
* Impact series
** Impact: Titan (2020)
** Impact: Earth (2020)
* Standalone novels
** The Wall: Eternal Day (2021) (a companion book, The Wall: Eternal Night (2021) is written by Joshua Calvert)
** Lost Moon: Lunar Eclipse (2022) (a companion book, Lost Moon: Earth Storms (2022) is written by Tim L. Rey)