A Stubbornly Persistent Illusion: Rescuing Humanity's Legacy

By Duncan Newton

A speculative narrative combining historical fiction, science fiction, and visionary future scenarios. It centers on humanity's efforts to preserve its intellectual and cultural legacy amid the ecological and political collapse of Earth. Humanity has been judged still too immature to be allowed to venture out and endanger the peace of the galaxy. The likelihood of this happening has placed the solar system under a strict embargo. The challenge is to construct a massive space ark to escape the quarantined solar system and colonize a new planet across the spiral arm of the galaxy.
It weaves together themes of advanced technology, extraterrestrial oversight, time travel, societal evolution, rejuvenation, and interstellar colonization. The tale follows a complex timeline from its medieval origins to a far future.
Funded by a clandestine global financial network called the Black Hole Group, the project's objective is to save the best and brightest of humanity by gathering them together and leaving Earth on an expedition that will span millennium.

Geoff, a figure from medieval France connected to the legacy of the Knights Templar and his companion, Yves, a space-born descendant, are trans-temporal travelers on a mission to preserve humanity's intellectual and cultural heritage. To accomplish this they're required to navigate temporal paradoxes through quantum entanglement beacons and the cooperation of alien species, all without violating galactically imposed treaties.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0GG5DZZCX
• ISBN13: 9798242906518
• Release Date: January 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 316 Pages
• Weight: 0.93 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"