Cy Dethan is a British indie writer who first shouldered his way into the field of comics in 2006 with the serialisation of his Starship Troopers: Extinction Protocol strip from Mongoose Publishing. Since then he has written graphic novels on-going comics series, games and now his first novel.

Bad Sector is an existential sci-fi thriller about law, justice and identity. Published by CyNic Stories in 2025 it is the first book in the Expectation trilogy.

Cy's creator-owned graphic novels include Cancertown, The Indifference Engine, Slaughterman's Creed and White Knuckle. His current comics series are Powers Fearful and Divine, Phantom Lung and the Garden of Dead Liars and The Kindness of Killers.

His short stories can be read in many anthology publications, including The British Comics Showcase, Time Bomb Comics' Bomb Scares and the cyberpunk Metal Made Flesh series by Subversive Comics. He is a key contributor to the world of Unseen Shadows, brainchild of bestselling Amazon author and podcaster Barry Nugent, where his contributions include The Reverend: Wrath of God, The Immaculate Abortion of Dina Leigh fand The Reverend: Blood Cries Out, the project's first full-length graphic novel.

Cy's work ranges across genres from paranormal espionage to samurai splatterpunk.

Before turning to fiction, Cy was an award-winning freelance copywriter and editor. Prior to that he was a professional magician and, quite frankly, he'd rather not talk about it...