MORE THAN POWER
by Alex Newman
Why we picked it
A strong choice for readers who like space opera with real ethical weight. It pairs large-scale conflict and rescue missions with thoughtful questions about consent, identity, and who gets to decide another person’s future.
About this book
In More Than Power, Alex Newman broadens The Consent Chronicles into a far-reaching science fiction story shaped by war, politics, and urgent moral choices. Memories may be stored and bodies altered, but the novel asks a harder question: who has the authority to decide what part of a person endures? As evacuation efforts spill into conflict across settled star systems, the people directing the rescue are forced to weigh trust, risk, and responsibility.
Hidden fleets, overloaded rescue vessels, alien devices, and long-concealed military information make every path to safety uncertain. At the same time, competing forces move to shape the destiny of whole populations. Newman keeps the focus on the human cost, exploring loyalty, consent, identity, and autonomy as protection begins to look like control. This is Book 2 in the series, following More Than the Past and leading into More Than Time.
The vibe
Spacefaring conflictMoral dilemmasPolitics and warIdentity and autonomyRescue under pressure
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Details
- Author
- Alex Newman
- Genre
- Science Fiction & Fantasy
- Published
- September 16, 2026
- Publisher
- Independently published
- Pages
- 577
- Reading time
- About 12 hours
- ISBN
- 9798174710108
