Sardanapalus (Sardan) serves as the Shepherd of the Black Sun-003, a starship built for a single purpose: planetary genocide in the service of the fascist empire known as The Simplicity.
After carrying out one of the fleet’s most devastating campaigns, Sardan is summoned by the Simplicity’s AI God-Emperor, the Eternal, and sent deep into enemy territory to investigate a discovery that could reshape the balance of power across human civilization.
At its core, The Invisible Sun asks how ordinary people become participants in horrific power systems . I’m trying to explore authoritarianism, artificial intelligence, ideology, and resistance through what I hope are legible characters and interesting worldbuilding.
