MEDIA & RIGHTS
Selected works by D.M. Burgess are available for literary representation, film, and television adaptation consideration.
Current properties include serialized crime fiction, large-scale mythological fantasy, and leadership non-fiction with platform potential.
Professional inquiries are welcome through the contact form on this site.
Narrative properties structured for long-form crime and mythological franchise adaptation.
The Raymond Buck Series
Format: Investigative crime thriller
Scope: Six-book series
Structure: Two connected narrative arcs
The Raymond Buck Series follows an investigator whose cases gradually reveal a hidden structure linking multiple jurisdictions, actors, and motives beneath seemingly unrelated crimes. Each installment expands the scale of the investigation from individual cases to systemic networks.
Designed for long-form serialized adaptation.
Status: Six-book arc complete.
Chronicles of the Eternal War
Format: Mythological epic fantasy
Scope: Eleven books across three historical eras
Structure: Multi-timeline narrative universe
This series unfolds across three distinct ages of creation:
The War of the Firstborn
The celestial rebellion that reshaped Heaven before humanity’s rise.
The Watcher Chronicles
The early age of humanity and the consequences of angelic intervention on Earth.
The Dawnborn Saga
A later era in which relic systems from the original war begin reactivating across the world.
Each arc functions independently while contributing to a unified mythological timeline spanning the earliest ages of creation through the final convergence of prophecy.
Designed for franchise-scale adaptation across multiple seasons or anthology arcs.
Status: Ongoing multi-arc series.
NON-FICTION
If It Works… Keep Doing It
A practical leadership title focused on execution-driven decision-making, institutional clarity, and results-oriented command philosophy.
Appropriate for speaking engagement development and leadership programming.
You’re Gonna Need A Drink After This (2027)
An upcoming leadership work examining expectations, responsibility, and organizational reality inside complex institutions.
Select rights are currently available for:
literary representation
television adaptation
streaming development
production partnerships
speaking engagements (non-fiction titles)