Alliance Command Lines of Authority & Torina

Alliance Command - Lines of Authority & Torina brings together two interconnected stories that explore the hardest question of interstellar governance: Who decides when power has gone too far? In Lines of Authority, Alliance Command confronts a reality where advanced technologies-Phase systems, zero-point energy, and non-local threats-can no longer be governed by speed or confidence alone. Leaders must decide not how to win, but how to limit themselves before irreversible harm occurs. In Torina, that authority becomes personal. A Selekari intelligence chooses embodiment as an Arzneet, entering a world where decisions are felt in muscle, fatigue, and consequence. Assigned as a Safety and Compliance Officer during the installation of a planetary-scale ZPEG power system, Torina must exercise restraint not as theory, but as lived responsibility. Together, these stories form a single argument told from two perspectives: one institutional, one embodied. This volume is thoughtful science fiction about power, responsibility, and the quiet courage required to prevent catastrophe-especially when everyone else is certain they are right.

Pagina's: 144, Paperback, Independently published