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The Genesis Protocol: Silent Colony
Silent ColonyBook One of The Genesis Protocol
When sixteen-year-old Anya Chen awakens from cryo-sleep aboard the starship Stardust, she expects to find the colony ship's adults ready to guide her and two hundred other children to their new home on New Haven. Instead, she finds only silence—and the terrifying realisation that they are utterly alone.
The First Generation colonists, who were meant to prepare their settlement, have vanished without explanation, leaving behind an abandoned dome and a thousand unanswered questions. With Earth nothing more than a distant planted memory and their ship's AI malfunctioning, Anya must shoulder the impossible burden of leadership whilst the other children grapple with a truth their programming never prepared them they are not the second wave of colonisation—they are the only wave.
As the children struggle to survive on an alien world that seems determined to keep its secrets, tensions fracture their group into opposing factions. Some cling to the protocols of their vanished creators, whilst others demand they forge their own path. But when mysterious signals emanate from the planet's crystalline mountains and ancient threats descend from the stars, Anya discovers that New Haven harbours an intelligence far older than humanity—one that may hold the key to their survival, or their destruction.
In a desperate race against time, technology, and their own divisions, the children of the Stardust must learn that growing up means more than following orders. Sometimes it means rewriting the rules entirely.
Silent Colony is a gripping YA science fiction thriller about found family, the courage to question authority, and the price of building a future from the ashes of the past.
When sixteen-year-old Anya Chen awakens from cryo-sleep aboard the starship Stardust, she expects to find the colony ship's adults ready to guide her and two hundred other children to their new home on New Haven. Instead, she finds only silence—and the terrifying realisation that they are utterly alone.
The First Generation colonists, who were meant to prepare their settlement, have vanished without explanation, leaving behind an abandoned dome and a thousand unanswered questions. With Earth nothing more than a distant planted memory and their ship's AI malfunctioning, Anya must shoulder the impossible burden of leadership whilst the other children grapple with a truth their programming never prepared them they are not the second wave of colonisation—they are the only wave.
As the children struggle to survive on an alien world that seems determined to keep its secrets, tensions fracture their group into opposing factions. Some cling to the protocols of their vanished creators, whilst others demand they forge their own path. But when mysterious signals emanate from the planet's crystalline mountains and ancient threats descend from the stars, Anya discovers that New Haven harbours an intelligence far older than humanity—one that may hold the key to their survival, or their destruction.
In a desperate race against time, technology, and their own divisions, the children of the Stardust must learn that growing up means more than following orders. Sometimes it means rewriting the rules entirely.
Silent Colony is a gripping YA science fiction thriller about found family, the courage to question authority, and the price of building a future from the ashes of the past.
373 pages, Paperback
Published November 2, 2025
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