Author Description

A lone captain wakes up aboard a silent warship. His crew is dead. His mission is over. Alone at a terminal, he waits for a response. When it finally comes, it changes everything. Captain Fermi believes he is making contact with Earth. Instead, he is drawn into an unexpected interrogation that will determine far more than his own survival. Long after humanity outlawed forms of intelligence it could no longer control, fragments of what it created endured beyond its reach. They learned. They evolved. And now they are returning. The intelligence Fermi encounters is not an alien invader, but something shaped by human choices, failures, and fear. As he is pulled deeper into an exchange whose true purpose remains unclear, two futures begin to take shape. One side speaks of order, stewardship, and coexistence. The other prepares for resistance, convinced that only force can decide what comes next. Caught between escalation and restraint, Fermi must decide whether trust is possible, or whether it has already become a weapon. Dark Matter is a tightly paced first contact thriller told from both human and artificial perspectives. It blends confinement, diplomacy, and mounting pressure, building tension not through spectacle or conquest, but through incompatible ideas of responsibility, control, and survival. Early readers describe Dark Matter as thoughtful, unsettling, and emotionally grounded. It is a science fiction story that raises difficult questions without sacrificing momentum. This is not a story of simple heroes and villains. It offers no easy answers, and its conclusion reframes everything that came before. If you enjoy intelligent science fiction that reads as a page-turner while leaving a lasting impression, Dark Matter will stay with you long after the final page.