SOLEN: The Eden Archive Reading Order
SOLEN: The Eden Archive is Warren Pulley’s hard science fiction saga about humanity’s first one-way mission to Mars. Eight titles are published: four novels and four companion novellas. Two more novellas are coming soon. Read Book 1 first. The novellas fit best after NovaSeed: Eden Rising and before Children of Dust, but they’re optional.
New to the series? Start here for a quick guide, or get the free SOLEN Mission Dossier.
- 01 · BOOK 1 · MAIN STORY
NovaSeed: Eden Rising
Two were selected from eight billion. One mission, one planet, no way back.
- 02 · NOVELLA 1.1 · COMPANION, OPTIONAL
Carter: The First Record
Carter’s story before the NovaSeed mission: fifteen years learning to listen to broken things.
- 03 · NOVELLA 1.2 · COMPANION, OPTIONAL
Alina: Before the Selection
Before Mars, there was Manila: how Alina Vasquez became the biologist who found life on Mars.
- 04 · NOVELLA 1.3 · COMPANION, OPTIONAL
SOLEN: The First Record
The first thirty-one sols on Mars, told in the mission AI’s voice.
- 05 · NOVELLA 1.4 · COMPANION, OPTIONAL
Carter & Alina: The Bond
He knew since Reykjavik. She found the word in Manila. The complete love story of Carter and Alina.
- 06 · BOOK 2 · MAIN STORY
Children of Dust: The Colony Grows
On Sol 441, Nova Donnelly-Vasquez becomes the first human born on Mars. Years Two through Ten.
- 07 · BOOK 3 · MAIN STORY
The Red Dominion: Civilization Decides What It Is
From forty-seven people in Year Twenty-Two to a civilization by Year Fifty-Two.
- 08 · BOOK 4 · MAIN STORY
Final Ascent: What One Hundred Years of Courage Becomes
The final volume, covering Years Fifty-Two to One Hundred.
- 09 · NOVELLA 1.5 · COMING SOON
All the Names I Gave You (coming soon)
Alina’s private record. In production. Subscribe to SOLEN Transmissions to hear when it’s out.
- 10 · NOVELLA 1.6 · COMING SOON
The Wall That Held (coming soon)
Carter’s private record. In production. Subscribe to SOLEN Transmissions to hear when it’s out.
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SOLEN Records and articles
Every post on the Records blog, each linked back to this hub. In-world entries are fiction; science posts cite their sources.
- The Moment SOLEN Was Surprised — AI Alignment in Science Fiction
- The Real Science Behind the Hellas Planitia Discovery
- Why Everything Carter Learned Was Wrong — Structural Engineering on Mars
- Could Life Survive Beneath the Surface of Mars?
- What 0.38g Does to the Human Body Over Two Years
- Born Red: What Biology Says About the First Human Born on Mars
- The Psychology of No Way Back — Psychology of Mars Colonization
- On the Integrity of the Record
- Earth's Hidden Ocean: What Ringwoodite Changes About Mars
- The Network Beneath the Floor
- What Cryosleep Keeps
- The Sound of Mars
- Nova's Blood
- The Law That Does Not Exist Yet
- On Being the Only Witness
- The Cutting on Sol Two
- What 182 Days in Deep Space Does to Two People Who Love Each Other
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