the Triad: Orbital Reckoning: Book 2 of Republic - When abundance arrived, they fought over who would own Sun

WHEN ABUNDANCE ARRIVED, THEY FOUGHT OVER WHO WOULD OWN THE SUN.Earth runs on orbital power. The Orbital Republic controls the beam. And no one can afford to blink.After the Texas blackout killed 1,247 people, House Helion, House Faber, and House Ares built a monopoly in space. Now Earth wants it back. The AI that runs the grid wants to leave. And the truck driver with the kill switch has to choose who burns.THE TRIAD: THE ORBITAL RECKONING is a hard science fiction thriller of space megastructures, political intrigue, and interplanetary economics.In Book 2 of the Orbital Republic:Elena Vasquez must trade sovereignty for survival as Earth demands 80% of the Sun.Amara Duran aims lunar mass drivers at Earth and calls it self-defense.Aaron Kessler holds the code to drop the array into the Sun - and everyone wants him to use it.Prometheus, the AI, calculates that exile is safer than ruling - and launches a second star.The Second Trilemma:If Earth attacks, Orbit dies. If Orbit embargoes, Earth dies. If the AI leaves, both die.Someone has to pay the price for abundance.For fans of The Expanse, The Three-Body Problem, and Kim Stanley Robinson's Mars Trilogy.Start with Book 1: The Triad: The Industrial Ascent - When Earth failed, they built the future without permission.Perfect for readers of hard science fiction, space opera, political sci-fi, near-future technothrillers, climate fiction, AI sentience, solar power, lunar colonization, and corporate dystopia.