The Keeper of Stolen Seconds

THE KEEPER OF STOLEN SECONDS The Keeper of Stolen Seconds is a sweeping, cyber-gothic space opera about the weight of memory and the long war against cosmic silence. It is an atmospheric, multi-generational dark sci-fi epic that explores identity, the nature of consciousness, memory trafficking, time travel, and the cost of ideological tyranny. Spanning over three centuries, the narrative follows Ornn Tassand, a long-lived Zuhrani, from his youth as a rebellious outcast on the provincial world of Talan-5 to his role as Chief Technology Architect of the galactic Axiom Corporation, and ultimately as a legendary war cruiser captain navigating the fringes of time and space. At its core, the story contrasts the rigid, monolithic dogma of the Jassar, a cosmic religious empire obsessed with absolute spiritual order and total psychological control, against the messy, chaotic, and authentic human spirit. Centuries after tragedy shattered his life, Ornn Tassand, former Chief Architect of the galactic mega corporation Axiom, commands the battered war cruiser Zuhr. Hunted across the void, Ornn stands as a target for the Jassar, an oppressive religious empire determined to rewrite history and enforce total ideological silence across the settled worlds. To outmanoeuvre a divine war machine and survive the journey, Ornn’s ultimate weapon isn't plasma or steel, it's a forbidden neural link connecting his mind across deep time to a brilliant nineteen-year-old student in 1990s Hull, England. Steeped in dark wave nostalgia, analog soul, and high-stakes systems warfare, The Keeper of Stolen Seconds is a profoundly moving epic about the price of the journey and the beautiful, chaotic noise of being alive.