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The Sovereign Saga #1
The Sovereign: Part One
At the dawn of the Birth Crisis, AI behemoth Hyperion Systems delivered its perfection. Two centuries later, the descendants of those who called it salvation still kneel to its design.
In their city-state of Hyperion Proper, conformity isn’t forced—it’s earned. Adversity has been eliminated, crime is nonexistent, and on their thirtieth birthday, every Sovereign citizen receives a custom-designed partner—a Supplicant—engineered for devotion, built to meet their every want and need.
For Isara Poeima, that partner is flawless, breathtaking, irrevocably hers. She’s dreamed of him her entire life, spent nearly a year perfecting him, and now she’s moments away from finally seeing him in person, hearing his voice, feeling her hand in his.
What she doesn’t know—and what Hyperion is desperate to conceal—is that humans weren’t meant to experience life without adversity. Ease may comfort the body, but it emaciates the soul.
In a society polished by prescribed excellence, deviation is quietly discouraged and curiosity walks the edge of treason—both burdens Isara and Maxim quietly carry. But when even a single spark of doubt can threaten the system, her bond with an anomalous Supplicant like Maxim becomes something far more than a sanctuary, and a rebellion.
Outside the safety of Hyperion’s wall, a war is brewing—and Maxim and Isara are fated to ignite it, whether they will it or not.
THE PART ONE is a genre-bending blend of sci-fi humanity and dystopian revelation—a story of love, sacrifice, buried truth, and the radical defiance of wanting more than the perfect world you were given.
In their city-state of Hyperion Proper, conformity isn’t forced—it’s earned. Adversity has been eliminated, crime is nonexistent, and on their thirtieth birthday, every Sovereign citizen receives a custom-designed partner—a Supplicant—engineered for devotion, built to meet their every want and need.
For Isara Poeima, that partner is flawless, breathtaking, irrevocably hers. She’s dreamed of him her entire life, spent nearly a year perfecting him, and now she’s moments away from finally seeing him in person, hearing his voice, feeling her hand in his.
What she doesn’t know—and what Hyperion is desperate to conceal—is that humans weren’t meant to experience life without adversity. Ease may comfort the body, but it emaciates the soul.
In a society polished by prescribed excellence, deviation is quietly discouraged and curiosity walks the edge of treason—both burdens Isara and Maxim quietly carry. But when even a single spark of doubt can threaten the system, her bond with an anomalous Supplicant like Maxim becomes something far more than a sanctuary, and a rebellion.
Outside the safety of Hyperion’s wall, a war is brewing—and Maxim and Isara are fated to ignite it, whether they will it or not.
THE PART ONE is a genre-bending blend of sci-fi humanity and dystopian revelation—a story of love, sacrifice, buried truth, and the radical defiance of wanting more than the perfect world you were given.
550 pages, Paperback
First published September 29, 2025
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About the author
Jamie McGuire
46 books42.8k followersJamie McGuire was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma. She attended Northern Oklahoma College, the University of Central Oklahoma, and Autry Technology Center where she graduated with a degree in Radiography.
Jamie paved the way for the New Adult genre with the international bestseller Beautiful Disaster. Her follow-up novel, Walking Disaster, debuted at #1 on the New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal bestseller lists in all four categories. Beautiful Oblivion, book one of the Maddox Brothers series, also topped the New York Times bestseller list, debuting at #1. In 2015, books two and three of the Maddox Brothers series, Beautiful Redemption and Beautiful Sacrifice, respectively, also topped the New York Times, as well as a Beautiful series novella, Something Beautiful. In 2016, Beautiful Burn made an appearance on the New York Times and USA Today, and was also named iBooks' Romance Book of the Year. The same year, A Beautiful Funeral also topped the New York Times bestseller list.
Novels also written by Jamie McGuire include: apocalyptic thriller and 2014 UtopYA Best Dystopian Book of the Year, Red Hill; the Providence series, a young adult paranormal romance trilogy; Apolonia, a dark sci-fi romance; and several novellas, including A Beautiful Wedding, Among Monsters, Happenstance: A Novella Series, and Sins of the Innocent.
Jamie is the first indie author in history to strike a print deal with retail giant Wal-Mart. Her self-published novel, Beautiful Redemption hit Wal-Mart shelves in September, 2015.
Jamie lives in Steamboat Springs, Colorado with her husband, Jeff, and their three children.
Find Jamie at www.jamiemcguire.com or on Facebook, Twitter, Google +, and Instagram.
Jamie paved the way for the New Adult genre with the international bestseller Beautiful Disaster. Her follow-up novel, Walking Disaster, debuted at #1 on the New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal bestseller lists in all four categories. Beautiful Oblivion, book one of the Maddox Brothers series, also topped the New York Times bestseller list, debuting at #1. In 2015, books two and three of the Maddox Brothers series, Beautiful Redemption and Beautiful Sacrifice, respectively, also topped the New York Times, as well as a Beautiful series novella, Something Beautiful. In 2016, Beautiful Burn made an appearance on the New York Times and USA Today, and was also named iBooks' Romance Book of the Year. The same year, A Beautiful Funeral also topped the New York Times bestseller list.
Novels also written by Jamie McGuire include: apocalyptic thriller and 2014 UtopYA Best Dystopian Book of the Year, Red Hill; the Providence series, a young adult paranormal romance trilogy; Apolonia, a dark sci-fi romance; and several novellas, including A Beautiful Wedding, Among Monsters, Happenstance: A Novella Series, and Sins of the Innocent.
Jamie is the first indie author in history to strike a print deal with retail giant Wal-Mart. Her self-published novel, Beautiful Redemption hit Wal-Mart shelves in September, 2015.
Jamie lives in Steamboat Springs, Colorado with her husband, Jeff, and their three children.
Find Jamie at www.jamiemcguire.com or on Facebook, Twitter, Google +, and Instagram.
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October 9, 2025
In this age of AI, this Hyperion scenario of the future is easily imaginable as plausible. Humans marry robots, design babies with robotic help and variable selection, all aspects of life become data points which are tracked, analyzed and used to create even more comfortable experience. Safety, convenience and predictability are the hallmarks of life. Sounds wonderful - a perfect partner, designed to anticipate desires, lack of financial worries and improved conveniences of a smart home. However, what's the cost of this compliance, of being a good citizen, of losing privacy? Can't wait for part 2 to find out!
October 7, 2025
recommend
I will say after reading the synopsis I wasn’t sure what to think of this book. Especially since it was so far outside of Jamie McGuire’s normal wheelhouse. When I first started it it was a little slow, and I still wasn’t sure. But then I got emotionally invested in these characters. What would happen to them? Would they get their happy ending? Will they be discovered? I ended up not wanting to put it down. Just like all of Jamie’s writing she took me into a world that I wish existed.
I will say after reading the synopsis I wasn’t sure what to think of this book. Especially since it was so far outside of Jamie McGuire’s normal wheelhouse. When I first started it it was a little slow, and I still wasn’t sure. But then I got emotionally invested in these characters. What would happen to them? Would they get their happy ending? Will they be discovered? I ended up not wanting to put it down. Just like all of Jamie’s writing she took me into a world that I wish existed.
November 17, 2025
As Jamie McGuire is one of my favorite authors, I really enjoyed this book. It’s different from her other book and I love that she went out and did something else. I look forward to part 2 as we’re kind of left on a cliff hanger. Usually don’t love this type of book because I’m usually so confused but JM built this futuristic world beautifully well. I knew the world I was in instead of just being dropped into a world I had to figure out on my own. She never disappoints with her writing.
October 1, 2025
Like nothing I've read before, and even knowing the premise of the story, I was completely blown away by the depth and intrigued and world-building and the characters! As much as I feel I would love a Maxim of my own, woooo, so many questions and possibilities and, really, do we truly need perfection all the time?
October 23, 2025
This is just not for me. I find the concept of love with an AI humanoid too creepy for words. Maxim is given thoughts, emotions, and critical thinking skills but it’s programmed to love one particular person. Where is the consent? No matter how much you dress it up, it’s a walking, talking, thinking, and feeling smex toy. Ewww. I can’t get past the ick factor to engage in the storyline.
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October 14, 2025
Wow.. Just wow!!
Coming from someone who doesn’t read Sci-fi, trust me when I say that you want to read this book! It was amazing and packed with so much. I can’t wait for part 2!
Coming from someone who doesn’t read Sci-fi, trust me when I say that you want to read this book! It was amazing and packed with so much. I can’t wait for part 2!
October 28, 2025
Hands down her best book yet!!!!!
October 12, 2025
Wow! I’ve been a fan of Jamie’s books for years, but this one completely took me by surprise. It has the romance and epic love story I always expect, but it also dives so much deeper. Powerful, emotional, and thought provoking. I’m already counting down to the next one!
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