The Archipelago Engine

About this book

In the crumbling twilight of the interstellar Hegemony, a terrifyingly vast ancient technology lies dormant beneath the suffocating, bioluminescent jungles of the resort-turned-quarantine planet Aestivalis. Orson Gabel, an agoraphobic and physically frail archivist from a sterile deep-space orbital, is violently thrust into this chaotic, predatory ecosystem after uncovering a data-cache he was never meant to see. Completely unequipped for a world of toxic spores, flesh-eating bio-tides, and ruthless corporate mercenaries, Orson must rely on a desperate local smuggler to navigate the mangroves. As their journey unfolds across a fractured timeline—intercutting between the brutal past that shaped the planet, the harrowing present of their survival, and glimpses of a cosmic catastrophe yet to come—multiple factions converge on the planetary core. Mercenaries, cynics, and cosmic zealots collide in a savage struggle over a biological supercomputer capable of igniting or extinguishing the sector's stars, forcing an ordinary man to confront a terrifying destiny.

Book details

Genres:

Space Opera, Sci-Fi Thriller, Grimdark

Language:

en

Published:

2026-06-02

Content rating:

R