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Publisher: D&n Publishing
Published: Apr 26 2026
Pages: 212
Weight: 0.55
Height: 0.48 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Quade was wrong.
The world they called Astraea was supposed to be understood, mapped, and explained. Beneath its surface, however, lies something far older than science-and far less willing to be known.
When Quade descends into the Hollow, he enters a vast interior world that defies every model he once trusted. Landscapes curve inward. Light behaves without source. Structures feel less like geology and more like intention. The deeper he goes, the clearer it becomes: this is not an empty world waiting to be explored. It is a living system that responds, adapts, and observes.
As contact begins to take shape, Quade is forced to confront a reality that challenges not only physics, but perception itself. Understanding the Hollow may require more than discovery-it may demand change. And the cost of that change may extend far beyond him.
Above the surface, pressure builds. Competing agendas threaten to turn discovery into control, and curiosity into conflict. What lies within Astraea is no longer just a question of knowledge. It is a question of who gets to decide what should remain unknown.
The Hollow World is a science fiction novel of exploration, first contact, and the limits of human understanding. Blending cosmic mystery with philosophical depth, it follows one man's descent into a reality that does not behave, does not yield, and may not allow him to leave unchanged.
Some worlds are discovered.
Others are encountered.
And some should have remained buried.
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