A dark planet orbits a dead star in a remote system. A decadent city hovers above its surface, with an artificial sun hanging underneath. The splotch of light and warmth it generates gives The Civilization a precious but fragile last chance of survival.
High above the city, in her luminous tower, the Goddess Lightmaster struggles to keep The Civilization alive, ready to sacrifice anything and anyone to achieve that goal.
In the darkness of the mines, a slave called Rain has accepted that the end is coming for her, and wishes only to spend all the time she can with her family, unaware of the storm she is about to face.
Further below, the Entity awaits, forever patient.
When their paths cross, the fate of the entire galaxy will hang in the balance.
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Starlight Dying is the first part in The Minds of Stars Saga. The series explores the striking impacts of faith and artificial intelligence, and how the human civilization will look like in the far, far future, after having successfully colonized the entire galaxy - and then fallen from its glorious days.
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