Veridian-6 is a colony on the edge—a fragile outpost orbiting a massive blue star, where life persists in careful rhythms under an indifferent sky. Kalen Thar works in the quiet margins of this world, a technician with a patient eye and a past kept sealed. His companion is Draxin, a sharp-tongued, cybernetically enhanced dog whose loyalty is matched only by his dry contempt for human inefficiency.
But something deep in the system has begun to stir. Gravitational fields shift with unspoken intent. Invisible forces, ancient and immense, press against the boundaries of Veridian-6’s stability. There are no sirens, no enemy fleets—only the slow awakening of something that obeys no will but physics.
Perihelion Drift is a reflective, tension-laced science fiction novel about persistence at the edge of collapse. It explores companionship in the shadow of extinction, the weight of cosmic indifference, and what it means to endure when the forces threatening your world cannot be reasoned with—only endured.