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Dissolution Protocol
What would you sacrifice for the greater good?
Nearly 200 years ago, half of humanity fled to the stars to escape an Earth butchered by climate change and nuclear war. Ever since, dozens of colonies have been attempted on distant planets, each one failing after the last. Today, remaining space-dwellers live on Space Stations orbiting resource-depleted planets, indifferent to the riots and unrest on the Earth they left behind.
Aboard the S.S. Obsidian Dawn, Captain Everest Eskandari navigates the harsh realities of a collapsing Space Republic with her crew and two Eridan, a navigator who thinks himself helpless to fix a broken world; Zeya, a mechanic with faith that the government will take care of everything well enough; Dorian, an electrician who's come to accept that they're all doomed anyways; Kalani, a scientist on the run; and Samson, an Earthling who's finally stopped running from his fate. When dangerous secrets come to light, the crew must grapple with everything they thought they ever knew, and both Space-dweller and Earthling alike must make sacrifices capable of forging the future for centuries to come.
Through the lense of six lives, "Dissolution Protocol" explores themes of apathy and indifference, and warns of a world where ignorance is not just bliss, but a dangerous, corrosive force.
Nearly 200 years ago, half of humanity fled to the stars to escape an Earth butchered by climate change and nuclear war. Ever since, dozens of colonies have been attempted on distant planets, each one failing after the last. Today, remaining space-dwellers live on Space Stations orbiting resource-depleted planets, indifferent to the riots and unrest on the Earth they left behind.
Aboard the S.S. Obsidian Dawn, Captain Everest Eskandari navigates the harsh realities of a collapsing Space Republic with her crew and two Eridan, a navigator who thinks himself helpless to fix a broken world; Zeya, a mechanic with faith that the government will take care of everything well enough; Dorian, an electrician who's come to accept that they're all doomed anyways; Kalani, a scientist on the run; and Samson, an Earthling who's finally stopped running from his fate. When dangerous secrets come to light, the crew must grapple with everything they thought they ever knew, and both Space-dweller and Earthling alike must make sacrifices capable of forging the future for centuries to come.
Through the lense of six lives, "Dissolution Protocol" explores themes of apathy and indifference, and warns of a world where ignorance is not just bliss, but a dangerous, corrosive force.
270 pages, Kindle Edition
Published September 27, 2024
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December 18, 2024
well written and a wake up call
Like the title said the story flowed nicely and I liked how the past stories were incorporated. Despite the author bludgeoning you over the head with sociopolitical topics in the story it was a wake up call that this can happen to anyone.
The part I couldn’t get behind is the fact that the author makes fun of the little things that can be done to help. Perhaps I’m taking it out of context since the characters were in the middle of it. But this type of commentary on actions that can be done by everyday people seems that it might have the opposite effect the author intended.
Yes, please reach out to your representatives. But don’t leave it at that. Do a little bit more each day.
Like the title said the story flowed nicely and I liked how the past stories were incorporated. Despite the author bludgeoning you over the head with sociopolitical topics in the story it was a wake up call that this can happen to anyone.
The part I couldn’t get behind is the fact that the author makes fun of the little things that can be done to help. Perhaps I’m taking it out of context since the characters were in the middle of it. But this type of commentary on actions that can be done by everyday people seems that it might have the opposite effect the author intended.
Yes, please reach out to your representatives. But don’t leave it at that. Do a little bit more each day.
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