A Literary Science Fiction Novel

To rise amongst the heavens, how low must you fall?

Violet is the meeting of hard science fiction and literary fiction. A space adventure with deep philosophical layers and themes from Buddhist and Japanese literature. This novel, while layered, is approachable by a general reading audience, a page turner for fans of science fiction, adventures, and character-driven plots.

In a galaxy reshaped by technological acceleration and sociopolitical upheavals, Violet—a diplomat-in-waiting enhanced by advanced cybernetics—becomes a reluctant symbol of hope and renewal. The tensions of tradition and progress are pulling at the edges of humanity’s settlements across the solar system until the President of the Sol Alliance Nexus enlists Violet for a critical diplomatic meeting with a militant faction of anti-augmentation agitators on Mars. Driven by forces beyond her reach and the circumstances of her birth, she traverses humanity from the Moon to Mars, grappling with fractured allegiances, rebellion, and the remnants of Earth’s battered history. However, Fate has more in store than mere power politics.

What is the true cost of progress and the resilience of human spirit amidst despair. Encounters with allies? From where does one’s understanding of identity, legacy, and the meaning of connection arise? In the face of Fate’s fire, Violet discovers that renewal can only emerge from embracing the fragility of existence.

“Please. Choose to be guilty,” — her consciousness snaps into the silence lingering within her mind’s recess before rebounding to her eyes — “guilty of peace. No attachment to pain. No one else, Charlie, not on our watch. Let it die with you, but do not die for it. Contend with suffering and be guilty of its death.”

Violet to Charlie