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Escape From Perihelion - June 12, 2026
SYNOPSIS
In 2999, Araya and Zaheen are building a life together in Nova Angeles, the second-class district beyond Los Angeles's gleaming elite dome. Then Araya is taken, forced into indentured servitude, and shipped to Perihelion, a brutal mining colony on Mars run by the corporation that powers their world.
As Araya struggles to survive the deadly conditions of Perihelion, Zaheen is left behind on Earth, where the forces that stole Araya begin closing in on her, too. Separated by two planets and unable to communicate, they are driven onto dangerous, diverging paths that will test how far they are willing to go for freedom and for each other.
"A powerful reminder that the systems shaping our world today could shape our future in ways we never imagined."
—Dr. Garima Raheja, Climate Justice Researcher
"A gripping sci-fi story that captures the human cost of extraction and environmental inequality."
—Joy Reeves, Climate Cartoonist & Author
The Wrath That Waits
NOVELLA SYNOPSIS
When the balance of power crumbles, even monsters fall.
For centuries, three ancient beings have held humanity’s greed in check. Drakhan, the cunning Vampyre Lord, manipulates from the shadows. Mortimar, Warden of the Dead, commands an army of the fallen to maintain order. And Luthra, the Wild Matron, protects the natural world with feral vengeance. Bound by a fragile pact, they guard the borders of their realm, where human ambition threatens to awaken a cataclysmic force known only as The Wrath.
But alliances built on fear are as fleeting as dusk. Betrayal festers within their coalition, while humanity’s reach extends further into forbidden lands. As the monsters turn on each other, the balance they fought to protect threatens collapse, leaving chaos in its wake.
Now, shadow and ambition collide in a struggle for survival. Will the realm fall to ruin, or is there still time to stop the darkness from devouring them all?
While trying to find answers about whether anywhere in the Milky Way galaxy has a place for him, he battles a traumatic past that led him to where he is today. As time goes on, he realizes the galaxy isn’t as simple as it once seemed, dragging him into a complex web of deception and cruelty that changes his life forever.
2024 Amazon Best Selling Novel by Diego Tovar:
The Fight for a Better Tomorrow...
When Freedom Fighter Aidan Alastair was sixteen, civil war broke loose. A year later, he is now a prisoner of war, held by the corrupt Techno-Federation that controls the undergrounds of the planet. Though he much prefers the undergrounds compared to the hellish surface above. It has been six months since the War for Below came to a sudden halt. Crawlers have destroyed the world, claiming the surface as their own. Their invasion of the planet led to chaos for both sides. Freedom Fighters desperate to get refugees in underground bunkers, Techno-Federation officials greedy in saving advanced weaponry over their own citizens. Aidan is one of the lucky ones. He gets to spend the rest of his life in a labor prison, building weapons for the corrupted Techno-Federation.
Anything to be away from the surface.
Though his luck has run dry. The Techno-Federation is out of resources, troops, and time. They are losing The Crawler War. Crawlers are on the verge of world domination, and the Techno-Federation knows that their tyrant rule is coming to an end. Aidan is dragged from his prison cell to be told he must return to the surface. Not for banishment, not for punishment, but as the last hope to exterminate the crawlers from the planet. Crawlers are planning an attack on the last known medical facility run by the Techno-Federation. This facility is constructing a bio weapon that can exterminate the crawlers. Aidan must race across the surface to warn them about the attack and extract the weapon. He then must rush to Outpost 512 where the disseminator is and deploy it.
In a race against time, Aidan must face his inner demons created from the civil war before the invasion and find a way to face the perils of the surface alone... or so he thought.
About Me
Diego Tovar is an environmental advocate and writer originally from Austin, Texas. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Ecosystem Science and Sustainability from Colorado State University, and a master’s degree in Global Environmental Policy from American University. Now based in Washington, D.C., he brings together his work in environmental policy with his passion for telling stories that imagine more just and sustainable futures.
Diego draws inspiration from his writing using real world experience to highlight the injustices of the climate crisis through fiction. He has done environmental justice focused work in Congress, the EPA, the White House Council on Environmental Quality, Indigenous Government, in university settings, and now with the Rachel Carson Council. Diego is also a 2021 National Udall Scholar.
His environmental writing has been featured in: The Washington Post, The Hill, Maryland Matters, Austin American-Statesman, The Nevadan, The Bethesdan Magazine, and more!
Diego is also the founder of Fast Orbit Press, a community-based press, focused on empowering youth voices through fiction. Want to highlight your work on Fast Orbit Press? Reach out to me on the contact tab!
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