Tell us a little about yourself and your work.

My experience as a former international journalist shapes my writing of fiction. I’ve spent much of my career trying to understand how people and institutions behave under pressure, whether in conflict zones, economic crises, or moments of rapid change. My Sci-Fi Galaxy series builds on that perspective, exploring how those same dynamics might play out as humanity moves off Earth. The third book, Space Shield: The Wrath of the Sun, releasing in June, expands that lens to a planetary scale—where the stakes are not just political or personal, but existential.

Why did you choose to write science fiction?

Science fiction lets me interrogate real-world systems—corporate power, governance, technology, genetics, and artificial intelligence—without being constrained by the present. It’s not escapism for me; it’s extrapolation. In Space Shield, I take current debates about climate intervention and privatized infrastructure and push them forward into a future where a solar defense system can literally decide which parts of Earth are protected. That framing allows difficult ethical questions to emerge more clearly.

What can readers expect from Space Shield: The Wrath of the Sun?

This is the most expansive and high-stakes book in the series so far. Earth faces a once-in-centuries solar event, and humanity’s survival depends on a vast orbital shield controlled by a private consortium. The tension comes not just from the physics of the threat, but from who controls the solution. Readers will see familiar characters pushed into impossible decisions—scientists, engineers, and family members caught between duty, loyalty, and survival. It’s both a disaster narrative and a story about governance under extreme pressure.

How did you construct the world of the novel?

The worldbuilding grows out of plausible extensions of current science and geopolitics. I anchor the story in real orbital mechanics—Lagrange points, solar weather, distributed systems—and then layer on institutional behavior: how corporations, cities, and governments would actually respond under stress. The lunar industrial base, the assembly of the shield, and the economics behind access to protection all follow a logic I wanted to feel uncomfortably real.

Which do you prioritize—storytelling or worldbuilding?

Storytelling always comes first. The systems matter, but only insofar as they shape human choices. In Space Shield, the technology is immense, but the core remains intimate—family bonds, moral fracture, and the question of who gets to decide humanity’s future. If readers care about those decisions, the world around them will feel real by extension.

Portions of this Q&A were edited for clarity.