
The Humble Stars
Lorcan Pike(Author)
Lorcan Pike (Publisher)
Published on 13. February 2026
Book
Paperback/Softback
188 pages
979-8-233-12974-2 (ISBN)
Description
The wall was only the beginning.
Elara Virelli has done the impossible: she escaped the sanitized cage of Arcadia. But the "Outside" isn't the liberation she imagined. It is a fractured continent of hard¿scrabble townships, opportunistic syndicates, and a wilderness that has no mercy for a "soft" citizen of the Ozarks.
With a "Softened" Mirelle-whose conditioning is a ticking time bomb-clinging to her side, Elara must navigate a world where every kindness has a price and every sanctuary is a transaction. From the silent labor of the Ordnung to the wary paranoia of the Bayou Covenant, Elara is no longer a citizen; she is a commodity.
Carrying a secret that could ignite a continental war, she must harden her heart to survive the long road ahead. Under the cold glow of the Honest Stars, the truth is more dangerous than the lie she left behind.
More details
Language
English
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight
282 gr
ISBN-13
979-8-233-12974-2 (9798233129742)
Schweitzer Classification
Person
Lorcan Pike writes speculative science fiction that explores how technology reshapes identity, autonomy, and the stories people tell themselves to survive. His work often unfolds in dystopian futures where progress has a price-and someone always pays it.
His recent fiction includes cyberpunk detective noir, blending hard-edged investigations with philosophical questions about selfhood, memory, and moral responsibility in engineered societies. Pike is particularly interested in what justice means when autonomy can be altered, erased, or rewritten, and how systems designed for order quietly drift toward control.
A former child actor, Lorcan has since worked in marketing, computer repair, and medical coding-backgrounds that inform his fascination with systems, optimization, and the human cost hidden beneath efficiency. He lives in the American Southeast with his wife and their three cats, who remain unimpressed by neon-lit futures and overdue case files.