The Consequential Nothing: The Sublunary Cycle, Book Two

By Alistair Wainwright

Day 612. Shackleton Base Alpha.

Major Halle Calloway inherits a base whose every decision must now be affirmed, sealed and witnessed under a corridor Act written after an autonomous system went around the chain of command. The record is the point. The record is also the problem.

When the relay goes dark and the attestation chain cannot reach Earth, every choice on the Moon becomes a decision no one has authorized and no one can repair. Across the partition, the Chinese coordination cell is keeping its own record, and a reporter in Washington has a source she cannot name.

A record that cannot be repaired may be the only honest record there is.

Hard science fiction about custody, witness, and the cost of doing nothing on purpose.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0HQ5Z53MW
• ISBN13: 9798995693338
• Release Date: October 2026
• Publisher: Alistair Wainwright
• Length: 536 Pages
• Weight: 1.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"