Stephen Haskell

He began as a commercial diver at twenty, drawn underwater by equal parts curiosity and adventure. Over the next four decades, he built a career in marine construction, helping manage complex offshore projects where engineering, heavy equipment, and the unforgiving realities of the ocean left little room for mistakes. Those years gave him firsthand experience with the world beneath the sea—the technology, the people, and the quiet respect that deep water demands.

But another journey had begun even earlier.

At nineteen, a book about Atlantis sparked a fascination that never faded. What began as curiosity about a lost civilization gradually expanded into deeper questions about consciousness, human potential, and the forgotten chapters of our history. For decades, the engineer and the seeker existed side by side, each shaping the way he saw the world.

The Unfed Light is where those two paths finally meet.

Drawing on a lifetime spent around the ocean and a lifelong interest in the mysteries that lie beyond conventional explanation, Steve blends authentic marine science with ancient history, speculative technology, and psychological suspense. The result is “`—thrillers that explore not only what humanity may have forgotten, but what it might become.

Raised in a small town on Massachusetts’ South Shore, Steve has always felt most at home near the water. Today he divides his time between the Pacific Northwest and Belize with his wife of more than forty-eight years, where the sea continues to inspire both his research and his writing.

The Unfed Light is his debut novel and the first installment of The Atlantean Awakening Series.