Lupus Stella · Book One

2121: EXODUS

"The dead do not correct the living."

A novel by Scott D. Rodriguez

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Theo from behind in cargo bay, fleet deploying over burning Earth
Hands reaching through chain-link fence
Luna making ferns glow

The dead do not correct the living. But sometimes they follow you home.

June 2121. The war lasted eleven minutes. The missiles crossed continents in clean bright arcs and when they landed the world that Colonel Theo Daniel had fought for, bled for, and buried his friends for was gone.

His sister died in a school basement with her arms around children who weren't hers. His general stayed behind so the ship could leave. The man he trusted sold the codes that brought the grid down.

Now Theo commands a colony ship carrying ten thousand strangers through a wormhole to a world no human has ever seen. His only family: his dead sister's children and the young lieutenant who chose to help them when she didn't have to.

But Lupus Stella is listening. The forest learns. The predators coordinate. And something ancient left a warning in the stone — the signal humanity is broadcasting has been heard before.

By something that is already on its way.

Military science fiction. Literary bones. Written by a veteran who knows what it costs.

The World of 2121

Soldiers on Mars ice ridge with grenade and plasma fire
Mars — 2098

Promethei Terra

A frozen battlefield on Mars where young soldiers learn that some orders should never be followed.

Vertical farms, cattle grazing, birds in flight at dawn
Texas — 2121

The Ranch

Twenty-three years of peace, a cybernetic arm, and nightmares that won't stop. Retirement didn't take.

Lunar mining base with Earth visible
Geneva — 2121

The Summit

Humanity's greatest achievement in orbit. Three nations arguing over the power that holds the world together.

Missiles launching from Earth
Earth — June 2121

Nuclear Exchange

Eleven minutes. Clean bright arcs across every continent. The grid goes dark. The world goes with it.

Crowd at fences, biometric stations, shuttle boarding
Spaceport

The Exodus

Ten thousand souls board the last ship off a dying world. There are no second chances.

Silhouette before thousands of cryo pods
Deep Space

The Odyssey

Humanity's last ark. Fourteen light-years through a wormhole no one fully understands.

Theo from behind stepping into alien forest
Lupus Stella

Lupus Stella

An alien world of bioluminescent forests, kilometer-tall trees, and predators that learn.

Domes, light towers, ferns, rain, red dwarf at night
New Eden

The Colony

Building a new civilization from salvage and hope. The first generation born under an alien sun.

Team in alien ruins with floating orbs and star map
Underground

The Ruins

Something built a civilization here long before humans arrived. Something left a warning.

Mei's drawing with Devourer mouth above
The Signal

The Signal

The signal humanity is broadcasting has been heard before. By something that is already on its way.

Reluctant Warriors

Veterans who carry the cost of duty in their bones and their nightmares

First Contact

An alien world with secrets older than humanity — and a signal that should never have been sent

Found Family

The bonds forged when everything you knew is fourteen light-years behind you

Cosmic Dread

Something in the void is listening. It tracks the energy. It consumes the source.

Theo from behind in cargo bay watching fleet in rain

Scott D. Rodriguez is a military veteran, legal professional, and debut novelist based in San Antonio, Texas. He writes speculative fiction exploring the intersection of technology, sacrifice, and the enduring strength of the human spirit.

2121: EXODUS is the first book in the Lupus Stella series, drawing on firsthand experience with combat, institutional betrayal, and the veteran's long road home.

Press contact: support@exodus2121.com

Classified Terminal

Training simulations recovered from the Odyssey's command database.

CLASSIFIED // ODYSSEY COMMAND // SECURITY LEVEL 3

Someone else is out there.

A faint signal from the far continent. An encoding that doesn't match. The Odyssey was not the only ship that made it through.

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