Actually no. I didn't know it was a crowdfunding disaster until you just said it, and the first I knew that there were other properties that had used the name was when I started promoting Starforge on Twitter. And since the book itself is the finale to a series that I've been working on for eight years, I think it's safe to say there would be zero crossover, and the only similarity would be in the name. Starforge's plot, characters, and setup were all laid down back in 2014 when I began writing Colony, and set in stone when Colony came out in 2016. The journey inside its pages is completely linked to the other two books in the series.

I do recommend giving it a look, especially if you're a fan of huge Sci-Fi adventures. Do recommend starting with the first book in the series, Colony, though. Whether or not you do is entirely up to you!

And hey, maybe you will work on it someday. I'd like the whole trilogy to get an audiobook set. That'd be something like 130 hours all said and done, but it'd be amazing to listen to!