Luke Beckstrand writes clean fantasy and science fiction for all audiences. He has over 18 works published on Amazon, including Obscurum: The Dark City (YA coming of age fantasy), the Shadehunter trilogy (adult fantasy heist), and Worldcaller (pirates with elemental magic). His latest series launched its first book on September 8, 2026: a sci-fi adventure romance, Axion: Spark of Life won Editor's Choice from Oliver Heber Book's publishing and is currently in the running for the Whitney Awards. Beckstrand specializes in authentic characters, explosive magic systems, and clean content (no vulgarity or explicit sexual content).
Beckstrand is an avid swordsman (HEMA, boffer fighting, fencing, you name it) and enjoys incorporating his sword fighting experience into his books. He also studied linguistics for both his Bachelor's and Master's degrees at Brigham Young University. His passion for languages and fiction novels drove him to independently research and write two papers on conlangs (constructed languages) and their potential in fantasy and science fiction (these essays can be found on the Other Writing page of this website). Beckstrand has been a panelist at the writing conference LTUE (Life, the Universe, and Everything) discussing conlangs as well, and was even hired to write a conlang for an alien race in a feature film. Beckstrand is a proud member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and while writing is his passion, his family and friends are what is most important to him.
Luke Beckstrand writes clean fantasy and science fiction for all audiences. He has over 18 works published on Amazon, including Obscurum: The Dark City (YA coming of age fantasy), the Shadehunter trilogy (adult fantasy heist), and Worldcaller (pirates with elemental magic). His latest series launched its first book on September 8, 2026: a sci-fi adventure romance, Axion: Spark of Life won Editor's Choice from Oliver Heber Book's publishing and...
Axion: Spark of Life is a fast-paced space opera replete with starship chases, blaster battles, ancient mysteries, alien worlds, romance, and high-stakes adventure.
She only wanted to study the galaxy. Instead, she may have to save it.
All her life, Aria Flade has dreamed of studying the galaxy’s people, cultures, and languages. But on a planet...
He’s not a shadehunter. He’s the Shadehunter. The only one who does what he does. And the world needs him now more than ever.
Hunting shades is hard enough, but when entire cities suddenly go missing, Mathus the Shadehunter has his hands full trying to put the pieces together. He races against time, trying to stop imminent destruction while...
When young, resilient street urchin Kathryn is dragged off by a shadowy demon, she is thrown into the middle of an ancient struggle between light and darkness. Her desire to take care of her sister begins to overlap with her need to save the world--if only she can do it without accidentally releasing the Dark Lord from his prison first.
The purpose of this article is to help those authors who want to include language and linguistics in their books but don’t feel that they have sufficient skills, experience, or knowledge to properly write a conlang, and who don’t feel that they have the time (or the desire) to take actual linguistics classes and read all of the many books published on the topic of creating conlangs. I’m here to tell you that you don’t need to be an expert to include language in your book. You don’t even need...
Conlanging, or the process by which someone creates a constructed language (conlang) has become more and more popular in recent decades. People create languages for a myriad of reasons, including cinema, books, videogames, role-playing campaigns, or even just for fun either as a side project or for personal use, or for real life functioning communication like Esperanto. The object of this paper is to study one of these fields in particular, that of conlanging for use in science fiction or...
Fast-paced, full of twists, and difficult to put down, Spark of Life has everything I want in a space opera: memorable characters, high-stakes action, mounting tension, and a deliciously slow-burn no-spice romance. A fantastic start to a series.
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Jeff Wheeler, Wall Street Journal bestselling author of The Last Harbinger, The Invisible College, and Angel Sworn
Watch out, Luke Beckstrand is the next Brandon Sanderson!
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Jazmin Lister, author of High Seas and Candy Trees
I LOVED Shadehunter! It reminded me of Six of Crows in the best way. This book delivered with lots of surprises, twists, and turns.
I will be at the Pumpkin Cottage bookstore in Springville Utah on October 15 from 6-8 PM to sell, sign, and talk about my latest book, Axion: Spark of Life! I'd love to see you...
Axion: Spark of Life is officially available! You can grab your ebook or paperback copy on Amazon TODAY! Tell your friends, this is one sci-fi advenure romance you won't want to...
My official publication date for Axion: Spark of Life, the first volume of my sci-fi action adventure romance series (Axion), is set for September 8th of 2026! I could not be...
