Science fiction

Journey Home

After losing a century-long war, the Terrani Republic evacuates its worlds. Seven years of pursuit by the Eranian Kingdom leave its refugee fleet searching for a different future, as visionaries challenge the belief that a defeated nation cannot rise again.

Type: Fiction
Form: Novel

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The refugee fleet of Journey Home ↗

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Choose this standalone for a collective survival problem: what a displaced fleet can do after losing its worlds. The premise links movement through space with the possibility of a future.

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The Terrani Republic’s refugees are pursued by the Eranian Kingdom. Their shared situation, rather than a settled home, establishes the opening.

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Dead silent and dark as the void, such were the conditions aboard the Dawn as Mathew got up from his bed. “Great, another blackout,” he complained as he stumbled out of bed and carefully made his way to his desk, where he rummaged through the first drawer until he found his flashlight, which he then proceeded to turn on.

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