THE CHEMICAL
DIVIDE
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An atmospheric chemistry classroom with amber reagent bottles, glass flasks, a molecular model, and a periodic-table chalkboard

FOUR BOOKS. ONE UNEQUAL WORLD.

The science is shared.
The privilege isn’t.

Choose your first book Test your chemistry ↗
FIELD NOTES / THE SERIESPublic record.
Private privilege.
01—04   THE CHEMICAL DIVIDE

Drugs. Money. Unequal access.

CREATIVE NONFICTION DARK SATIRE

THE COLLECTION / 01—04

Follow the molecule.
Follow the money.

Four ways into the same system.
Read in order, or start where it hurts.

BEHIND THE SERIES

Same molecule.
Different world.

A private clinic. A cartel ledger. A patent office. A lab that never sleeps.

The Chemical Divide follows the substances, systems, and fortunes that connect them. Told by a self-described “creative taxpayer,” these four books bring a darkly comic voice to the distance between those who make the rules and those who live with them.

Each volume stands alone. Together, they trace the same question: who gets access, who gets paid, and who gets the warning label?

Documented history. Dark satire. A fictional narrator. For adult readers.

Written under the pen name Silas Voss. Meet the author ↗

THE SATIRICAL GAME

How to commit
the perfect crimes.

Opium. Cocaine. Cannabis. Opioids.
Six drug stories. Every choice leaves a receipt.

The poppy wants an empire.
The opioid wants a white coat.

Enter the drug circus

THE CHEMICAL DIVIDE / THE QUIZ

Know your chemistry?

Coffee, medicine, and a few
surprising suspects.

THE ANSWER BOARD / 118 ELEMENTS

Atomic number · Symbol · Element name. Quiz explanations include their sources.

Element reference: IUPAC ↗

FROM HIGH AND WIRED

“I am a creative taxpayer who happens to have a chemistry problem.”
Meet the narrator