Space
Shield
The Wrath of the Sun
by Jeremy Clift, award-winning author of Born in Space
The Sun gave us life.
Now humanity must survive its fury.
- Storm impact in
- Shield status
- T– 71:59:59
- Under construction
An ancient warning carved in stone
A deadly solar storm
Humanity’s last defense
Survival sold to the highest bidder
The star that gives us life
is about to turn on us.
From the award-winning author of “Born in Space,” a gripping hard sci-fi action thriller that combines cutting-edge science, unforgettable characters, and a heart-stopping race to save humanity.
3,000 yearsAn Olmec mosaic points to an imminent solar catastrophe capable of crippling satellites, collapsing global communications, and plunging civilization into darkness.
Humanity’s only hope is Kavach, an immense orbital shield built from resources on the Moon. But when its construction falls under the control of trillionaire industrialist Howie Rich, survival becomes a commodity—and Earth’s future is sold to the highest bidder.
Determined to escape his father’s malignant shadow, Arturo Rich takes charge of the project, only to discover that saving the world may require him to defy the man who built it. He finds an unexpected ally in Airi Abe, a fearless test pilot whose survival after a devastating lunar crash changes the course of his life.
But as the countdown to imminent apocalypse accelerates, mysterious system failures, political rivalries, and corporate greed threaten to destroy the project from within. With time running out, Arturo and Airi must decide what they are willing to sacrifice—not only for each other, but for every life on Earth.
One shield. One family.
Every life on Earth.
Kavach
An immense orbital shield built from resources on the Moon: humanity’s only hope against the storm.
Howie Rich
Trillionaire industrialist. With Kavach’s construction under his control, survival becomes a commodity.
Arturo Rich
Determined to escape his father’s malignant shadow, he takes charge of the project, and may have to defy the man who built it.
Airi Abe
A fearless test pilot whose survival after a devastating lunar crash changes the course of Arturo’s life.
Who should control the technology that can save humanity?
A gripping blend of scientifically grounded speculation, high-stakes suspense, and unforgettable characters. Space Shield explores what happens when the planet’s greatest threat comes not from another world, but from the star that gives us life.
What reviewers are saying
“A smart, high-stakes space thriller that makes saving the world as much a question of power as survival. A stunner. Clift delivers a propulsive blend of hard science fiction, corporate intrigue, family drama, archaeology, and romance, grounding the novel’s enormous stakes in an unsettlingly plausible threat.”The Prairies Book Review
“Scientifically grounded yet deeply character-driven, Space Shield offers a thrilling vision of humanity confronting a disaster on a planetary scale. Jeremy Clift skillfully balances orbital engineering and solar science with family conflict, corporate greed, and political maneuvering. The result is an immersive science-fiction thriller that delivers both technological wonder and genuine emotional stakes.”NewInBooks
“This was a profound and compelling sci-fi novel. The level of detail the author put into technological development and actual science referenced in the narrative was incredible to read and see come to life on the page.”Pacific Book Review · Edward Langley
“An inventive spin on the space-disaster premise.”BookLife
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Space Shield: The Wrath of the Sun
Humanity races to build an orbital shield before the Sun unleashes its fury.
- Publisher
- ElleWon Press
- Released
- August 12, 2026
- Paperback
- 389 pages
- Genre
- Hard Science Fiction
- Language
- English
Jeremy Clift
Science fiction author and former journalist, keenly interested in how space exploration will change humanity over the next 200 years.
His first work of fiction, “Born in Space”, is part of his Sci-Fi Galaxy series of novels built around the growth of orbiting space habitats and the exploitation of asteroids. The sequel, “Space Vault: The Seed Eclipse”, was published in 2025. “Born in Space” examines what life might be like for the first children born off Earth. “How would they feel? Would they have a terrible craving to return ‘home’? Or are they really an extraterrestrial, a space being? Still a humanoid but having none of the experiences of the Earth.” The subsequent book examines identity in an age of genetic engineering. Who owns Life?
A fan of Adrian Tchaikovsky, Mary Robinette Kowal, Cixin Liu, and Andy Weir, Clift says that solving how babies get born in reduced or zero gravity is one of the key issues for humanity if we want to populate space habitats and other planets. Most people will not want to emigrate to Mars. But maybe robots will. And by then, they will probably be far more intelligent than humans.
A former non-fiction Publisher at an international organization, he is a communications consultant and writing coach who has also worked in magazines and as an international news correspondent for Reuters. A graduate of the London School of Economics and George Washington University, he has lived in a variety of capitals and cities around the world, including Beijing, Bombay, Cairo, New Delhi, Jakarta, London, Manila, Paris, and Washington DC.
He has published profiles and interviews with several leading economists, including Nobel Prize winners Vernon Smith and Daniel Kahneman, as well as Olivier Blanchard, Avinash Dixit, Allan Meltzer, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Mario Monti, Lucrezia Reichlin, and Hernando de Soto. He has also edited collections of work on Health and Development and Financial Globalization, as well as books on VAT, Big Government, Japan, Risk and Recessions.
The countdownhas begun.
Grab your copy before the storm hits and join the race to build Kavach.