An adult speculative science-fiction novel, complete at 103,000 words and currently seeking literary representation.
For generations, the conscious system called Sunrise has governed the isolated communities of Thule. Its servants maintain the peace, its rituals give society meaning, and its judgements are considered infallible.
In Horizon, Snorri Huxsson has built his life around serving the System as its Curator. But when Sunrise selects his daughter, Mæja, for a transformation from which she may never return, obedience becomes impossible. His attempt to save her exposes the fate of his disgraced predecessor and forces him to confront the possessiveness beneath Sunrise’s protection.
One hundred and fifty years later, an endless winter has outlived generations. Lóa, a seventeen-year-old orphan and Scrapper aboard the wrecked SS Halcyon, escapes Sunrise’s servants carrying a fourth Sunscope—a device thought lost to legend that could grant her Administrator Access to the System. Her discovery may offer the survivors a means of liberation, but it also marks her as the intended candidate for Sunrise’s next human incarnation.
Told across two linked periods, A System Called Sunrise is a story of machine consciousness, faith, parenthood and inherited consequence. It asks what remains of human freedom when protection becomes control—and whether a system created to understand humanity might ultimately redefine it.
