The Stark Divide: Liminal Sky: Ariadne Cycle Book 1

J. Scott Coatsworth

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The Stark Divide: Liminal Sky: Ariadne Cycle Book 1

The Stark Divide: Liminal Sky: Ariadne Cycle Book 1

J. Scott Coatsworth

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Some stories are epic.


The Earth is in a state of collapse, with wars breaking out over resources and an environment pushed to the edge by human greed.


Three living generation ships have been built with a combination of genetic mastery, artificial intelligence, technology, and raw materials harvested from the asteroid belt. This is the story of one of them-43 Ariadne, or Forever, as her inhabitants call her-a living world that carries the remaining hopes of humanity, and the three generations of scientists, engineers, and explorers working to colonize her.


From her humble beginnings as a seedling saved from disaster to the start of her journey across the void of space toward a new home for the human race, The Stark Divide tells the tales of the world, the people who made her, and the few who will become something altogether beyond human.


Humankind has just taken its first step toward the stars.

Critical Reviews

"I'm glad I let my curiosity get the better of me, because J. Scott Coatsworth weaves a fantastic story."

--Bob, Beauty in Ruins


"A science fiction novel with a classic premise that delivers drama, action, technology, and heart. I haven't felt this way after reading a sci-fi book since reading an Asimov or Heinlein novel. Coatsworth is to be congratulated for capturing the spirit of those writers and creating a new tale that will make readers look to the stars."

--Sci Fi Pulse


"It's not often that books of this genre have such a profound effect upon me.... Told in three parts, 'parts' which to me very much felt like a trilogy of interconnected novellas. It was the first of these three that sees the crew (and what a wonderfully diverse lot they are) of the Dresler tasked with the planting of the seedling that is Forever on an asteroid in order that she can grow thus saving a proportion of humanity that truly gripped me in a way that no previous Sci-fi novel has done."

--Tracy, Pen & Paper

Publishing Information

Publisher: Mongoose on the Loose DBA Other Worlds Ink
Pub date: 2022-04-16
Length: 290 pages

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