DANIEL RIRDAN science fiction author

The star in the night sky isn't moving. They are.

    As one star blazes ever brighter in the night sky, Sargon—a former millwright who renounced invention—and Angora—a brilliant scholar—dig into the depths of their seemingly natural world and delve into ancient texts in search of answers. They deduce the shocking truth: their cylindrical world, Areta, is a gargantuan vessel that has been sailing through the cosmos for countless generations. And it is on a collision course with a sun.

    The only hope for survival lies with Sargon and a small team of millwrights he assembles. As time runs short, they must construct the seemingly impossible—while flouting norms and risking exile by the ruling council.

    Set in a society rooted in the ancient Near East and Greece, Areta’s culture contains ingenious, handcrafted technology and unique social conventions. An intimate, mythic story of metamorphosis and exodus, where the greatest engineering feat coincide with the awakening of strange powers in the rising generation.