Return of the Icarus Return of the Icarus by State literary award-winning author Susith Ruwan, author of sci-fi novel X .
Life on Paradise is about to change. A rebellion against the ‘Icarus Temple’ is afoot, with the leadership of Raga, a radical atheist finally being backed by a parliament act, at the verge of passing in favor of this movement. Doctor Chaya’s life is about to take a fast turn from her boring routine life, where she kept monitoring the bodies of the Icarus gods which are kept in life sustaining tanks at this temple. What happened to the Goddess Maya who created the paradise? Will the future of the humanity get rid of theism and move on? Who are these Icarus Gods? A cinematic science fiction thriller which questions the core belief of human evolution.
Return of the Icarus was nominated in 2018 for the State Literary Award in Sri Lanka for best science fiction novel.