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A civilization watches its sun die, after millennia of preparation. A fleet, built to carry the last survivors through the void. But survival demands more than engineering-it demands trust, sacrifice, and decisions no one should ever have to make.
Aboard these generation ships racing through interstellar space, old certainties dissolve. Artifacts speak of the future; scientists battle failing systems. And at the heart of the mission lies a secret that could destroy everything-or change everything. On a distant world, a colony and a surface dweller meet and become entangled in an alien landscape where the sky offers no horizon and the ground harbors dangers no one anticipated. Two species, two civilizations-an abyss. And the question of whether two species, each accusing the other of betrayal, can ever build a shared civilization. INTERITUS is the opening installment of an epic hard science fiction trilogy that spans solar systems, generations, and the question at the heart of every first-contact story: What happens when communication fails? For readers of Liu Cixin's The Three-Body Problem, Arthur C. Clarke's Rendezvous with Rama, and Adrian Tchaikovsky's The Children of Time. Book 1 of 3. A self-contained story arc with a breathtaking finale that redefines everything. INTERITUS is the first installment of a multi-volume science fiction saga that combines space adventures with philosophical depth. The saga continues in INTERITUS 2 - Chronicles of Divided Worlds. Features: Space colonization, first contact, alien civilization, struggle for survival, interstellar travel, social ethics, philosophical science fiction, space opera, multi-perspective narrative, generation ship, terraforming.