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The Silent Passage

By Antonio Pascarella

The Silent Passage

By Antonio Pascarella

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Humanity has survived the moment of departure. Now it must survive what comes after. With Earth receding behind them and the dying Sun fading into distance, the Exodus fleet enters the Silent Passage-the long, disorienting interval between flight and arrival. Eight ships, carrying millions of lives, pass through the spacetime corridor that bends years into weeks and compresses the weight of civilization into fragile metal hulls and shared assumptions. The great engineering triumphs that made escape possible-the Umbra shield, the Aether Core, the Prometheus Gate-fall quiet. In their place emerge subtler, more dangerous questions: how long can a species endure without a horizon? Who decides the shape of the future when the past can no longer be returned to? Across the fleet, commanders, scientists, engineers, and civilians confront the consequences of success. Power structures shift in the absence of Earth. Resources must be rationed not just materially, but psychologically. Private doubts become policy debates; quiet disagreements threaten cohesion more than any external threat. Inside the vast Continuum megaships, life settles into routines meant to feel permanent-but nothing about the journey truly is. Memory, identity, and responsibility are tested as humanity realizes that survival is no longer a single event, but an ongoing choice, renewed every day. The Silent Passage is a contemplative, tension-driven continuation of The Dying Light: a novel about governance without precedent, faith in systems that cannot be abandoned, and the unsettling truth that saving humanity was only the beginning.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
410
Release Date:
2025-11-12
Publication Date:
2025-11-12
Publisher:
DreamWright Publishing
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN13:
9798999985576
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
591 g
Height:
152 cm
Width:
229 cm
Thickness:
22 cm
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