SOLARA
Book One of the Eclipse Cycle · D.W. Jonah
Logline
Above a divided Earth, the orbital station Terminus-1 was built to keep humanity alive. For cadet pilot Astrid Hawthorn, it is home, school, battlefield — and the only road to Mars. Then a patient man boards a space elevator carrying a vial of blue light and twelve years of waiting, and the future begins without permission.
About the Book
SOLARA is an epic space opera in the tradition of character-first, slow-burn science fiction — a single continuous story of found family, emergent AI, and the cost of power aboard a five-quadrant orbital ring above Ecuador's coast. It is written for readers of James S.A. Corey and Alastair Reynolds, and for anyone who loved the long-arc patience of Babylon 5.
Details
- Title: Solara (Eclipse Cycle, Book One)
- Author: D.W. Jonah
- Genre: Epic space opera / science fiction
- Length: ~250,000 words
- Release: Fall 2026 · Kindle Direct Publishing (ebook & paperback)
- Series: The Eclipse Cycle — Book Two, Luna, in progress
- Comparable to: The Expanse, Revelation Space, Babylon 5
- Excerpt: The full prologue is free at dwjonah.com
About the Author
D.W. Jonah writes space opera and futurist stories from South Appalachia, where he lives with his wife and six children. When he isn’t writing, he’s usually with his family, out for a walk, or reading books that take their time. SOLARA is his debut novel.
Review Copies
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