Alexander is credited as an author on Mass effect: Andromeda, contributing to the fiction that fills in what happened before the game's opening. They came to that assignment from independently published science fiction with a considerably rougher voice than tie in work usually carries, and the pairing of the two is what makes their career worth attention.
Their own novels sit in the cyberpunk tradition, told in first person by a protagonist who is aggressive, chemically altered and frequently wrong. That choice of narrator is a deliberate reaction against the genre's habit of admiring its own cool. They have been openly non binary throughout their career and have written about the industry's handling of gender in science fiction.
Recurring subjects: augmentation as damage rather than as upgrade, addiction, and narrators the reader is not asked to like. The prose is profane, fast and physical, with violence written as exhausting instead of exhilarating. Corporate power appears as an employer rather than as a distant conspiracy, which keeps the stakes personal.
Their work belongs to the wave of writers who pushed cyberpunk away from its polished corporate imagery and toward bodies, gender and chemical dependence. The tie in novel brought that sensibility to a large game audience, and their independent fiction remains the better demonstration of what the voice can do.
For readers who want cyberpunk with an unlikeable narrator and no gloss. Not for readers who dislike profanity or want a protagonist to admire. Suited to players approaching the game who want the setup, and to anyone tired of the genre's cleaner surfaces.
