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The Celestial Wars - Foundations of Fracture Power and Sovereignty Beyond Earth
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Publisher: D&n Publishing
Published: Feb 1 2026
Pages: 150
Weight: 0.40
Height: 0.35 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Humanity's expansion into space was supposed to unite the species. Instead, it fractured it.
By the late 22nd century, Earth governs a sprawling network of off-world colonies through centralized control, resource quotas, and distant authority. The Moon, once a symbol of cooperation and progress, has become an extraction hub governed by Earth's priorities rather than its people. As economic pressure mounts and political autonomy erodes, quiet resistance begins to form in the margins of the system.
The Celestial Wars: Foundations of Fracture traces the slow, methodical unraveling of interplanetary order. From lunar mining settlements and Martian terraforming projects to shadow infrastructure hidden in the asteroid belt, the novel explores how power is exercised, how compliance is enforced, and how systems fail long before open war begins.
When Earth tightens its grip through sanctions, labor controls, and strategic silence, the Moon is forced to confront an impossible reality: survival may require defiance. As alliances fracture and covert operations surface, the foundations of a larger conflict are laid, one decision at a time.
Grounded in plausible technology, political realism, and systemic analysis, this is not a story of sudden rebellion, but of accumulation-of pressures ignored, voices excluded, and choices deferred until no peaceful path remains.
This first volume in The Celestial Wars series sets the stage for a sweeping science-fiction saga about sovereignty, power, and the cost of holding civilizations together once expansion outpaces consent.
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