MackSumo, Terence Scott

What Outlasts The Sun (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

What Outlasts the Sun

by Terence Scott

There are systems that rule by force.

And there are systems that rule by habit.

In a city that prides itself on balance, efficiency, and consent, Aura has learned to live just slightly out of alignment. She does not resist openly. She does not comply eagerly. She remains-observant, present, and difficult to resolve.

When the city begins to "clarify" what safety, trust, and unity are supposed to mean, Aura becomes something the system cannot easily categorize. Not a criminal. Not a leader. Not a threat in any way it knows how to name.

And systems are most dangerous when they cannot name what stands before them.

As public language tightens and civic harmony becomes an expectation rather than a choice, Aura and those closest to her are drawn into a quiet struggle over legitimacy, consent, and who gets to define what is normal. There are no revolutions here. No chosen ones. No singular moment where everything breaks.

Instead, there is pressure.

There is memory.

And there is the cost of being noticed by something that never forgets.

What Outlasts the Sun is an epic, philosophical fantasy that explores power without spectacle, rebellion without slogans, and resistance without heroes. Through intimate character work and richly detailed worldbuilding, the novel asks what happens when people stop fighting systems head-on-and instead learn how to remain human inside them.

This is a story for readers who enjoy thoughtful, literary fantasy; for those drawn to the work of N.K. Jemisin, Ursula K. Le Guin, and China Miéville; and for anyone who has ever sensed that the most important forms of control are the ones that feel polite.

Not everything that endures burns bright.

Some things last because they refuse to be erased.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: MackSumo
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Dezember 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798233951282
• Artikelnr.: 76145370

Autorenporträt

Terence Scott is a writer, cultural analyst, and creative technologist whose work explores the quiet tensions between systems and the people who live inside them. Blending speculative fiction with social philosophy, his stories examine power not as spectacle, but as something subtleembedded in language, interfaces, and everyday choices.

Drawing on a background in marketing, supply-chain thinking, and digital media, Scott approaches fiction with an analytical eye and a human core. His narratives often center on characters who resist not through rebellion, but through awareness, presence, and refusal to be simplified. Themes of consent, legitimacy, autonomy, and identity recur throughout his work, shaped by a deep interest in how modern systems influence behavior without overt force.

What Outlasts the Sun is Scott's debut novel, reflecting his belief that the most enduring forms of change are quiet, distributed, and human. He writes for readers who enjoy thoughtful speculative fictionstories that linger, ask uncomfortable questions, and trust the reader to find meaning between the lines.

Terence Scott lives and works in the United States, where he continues to write at the intersection of technology, culture, and narrative.