Unshielded

In a dying solar system, one man guards the last source of energy humanity has left. Julián Peralta is the lone commander of La Atalaya del Ocaso, an orbital fortress protecting the Horizon Portal—a mysterious gateway containing the final solar energy reserve of a collapsing civilization. For five years, he has lived in absolute isolation, bound by duty… and by a secret. Inside the Portal exists Emilia. She looks like his daughter. She speaks like his daughter. But she is something far more dangerous. When three rival factions converge to seize the Portal—military zealots, desperate restorationists, and transhumanist visionaries—Julián faces an impossible choice: obey orders and destroy everything, or protect the one presence that has kept him alive. As reality begins to fracture and the Portal reveals its true nature, Julián uncovers a terrifying truth: Emilia is not a memory. She is a living, emergent consciousness—entangled with the energy that could reshape humanity’s future. To save her, he must betray his command. To save humanity, he must erase her. UNSHIELDED is a gripping psychological space opera about grief, consciousness, and the cost of defying fate—perfect for readers of deep sci-fi, cosmic mystery, and emotional survival stories.