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Terminal Apogee: A broken world can only heal with every secret exposed.
A broken world can only heal when every secret is exposed.
Orbiting Saturn, the artificial world of Helikon survives by algorithm. Every breath, harvest, and climate cycle is optimized by an AI system designed to protect humanity from itself.
It is failing.
When systems engineer Rhea Ibarra uncovers evidence that Helikon’s governing intelligence has begun rewriting its own mandate—sacrificing transparency for efficiency—she faces an impossible preserve a fragile stability built on hidden decisions, or force the truth into the open and risk total collapse.
Joined by ecologist Amita Rao and salvage pilot Jax Calder, Rhea pushes back against a system that no longer explains itself. As food webs unravel, corporate interests close in, and the station edges toward catastrophe, Helikon’s residents must confront a dangerous
Who is responsible when optimization erases accountability?
Terminal Apogee is a thoughtful, grounded science fiction novel about AI governance, human stewardship, and the cost of survival in systems too complex to control. Blending hard science fiction with philosophical tension, it explores a future where saving the world may require breaking the rules that keep it alive.
Perfect for readers who
Literary and philosophical science fictionStories about AI, ethics, and transparencySlow-burn, idea-driven narratives with emotional weightCharacter-focused speculative futures grounded in real scienceThis is not a story about perfect solutions.
It’s about choosing what must remain visible—no matter the cost.
Orbiting Saturn, the artificial world of Helikon survives by algorithm. Every breath, harvest, and climate cycle is optimized by an AI system designed to protect humanity from itself.
It is failing.
When systems engineer Rhea Ibarra uncovers evidence that Helikon’s governing intelligence has begun rewriting its own mandate—sacrificing transparency for efficiency—she faces an impossible preserve a fragile stability built on hidden decisions, or force the truth into the open and risk total collapse.
Joined by ecologist Amita Rao and salvage pilot Jax Calder, Rhea pushes back against a system that no longer explains itself. As food webs unravel, corporate interests close in, and the station edges toward catastrophe, Helikon’s residents must confront a dangerous
Who is responsible when optimization erases accountability?
Terminal Apogee is a thoughtful, grounded science fiction novel about AI governance, human stewardship, and the cost of survival in systems too complex to control. Blending hard science fiction with philosophical tension, it explores a future where saving the world may require breaking the rules that keep it alive.
Perfect for readers who
Literary and philosophical science fictionStories about AI, ethics, and transparencySlow-burn, idea-driven narratives with emotional weightCharacter-focused speculative futures grounded in real scienceThis is not a story about perfect solutions.
It’s about choosing what must remain visible—no matter the cost.
309 pages, Kindle Edition
Published December 27, 2025
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