Endless Fall of Night follows a woman who is convicted as an insurrectionist and sent to prison, where she is compelled to join a mission to discover what has happened to the Martian colony that has gone dark and left severed heads in its wake. What was the inspiration for the setup of your story?

The set up was the novella Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad. Similar to that work, I wanted to show how the human condition and society has not changed much whether it is a Belgium Company’s outposts along the Congo River in Africa in 1899 or a US Swift Boat going up the Nung River in Vietnam in 1969, human emotions and behaviors construct our present day of 2025 and sets the stage for a future like 2126.

What are some things that you find interesting about the human condition that you think makes for great fiction?

Themes around prejudice, racisms, fascism, misogynistic and misanthropic bents will still be challenged by courage, strength in community and resilience are all part of being human. It is the journey that makes us. It is the discomfort and challenges that forge who we are.

What were some themes that were important for you to explore in this book?

Of all the themes presented, human stupidity is the focus of this story as defined by Carl Jung – blaming others for own flaws, inability to self-reflect, rigid thinking and dogmatism, lack of empathy and emotional intelligence, overconfidence without competence and repeating the same mistakes without learning.

Will there be a follow-up novel to this story? If so, what aspects of the story will the next book cover?

The Heavy Weight of Darkness, published in September 2024 follows one of the antagonists tasked with terminating the heroine, and then finds himself transformed.

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