BEFORE THE LIGHT DIED: BOOK 1

BEFORE THE GRIDS FAILED. BEFORE THE LAWLESSNESS BEGAN. ONE MAN—AND HIS GOD-LIKE AI—SAW THE FIRE COMING.Leon Tusk is the richest man in the world and the face of modern innovation, but his greatest achievement is a Thoth, a sentient AGI. When Thoth discovers a potentially extinction-level solar storm set to scour the Earth in just fifteen months, the race for survival begins.

While the government prepares to bury the truth, Leon initiates a monumental clandestine operation. From a colossal network of shielded tunnels beneath the Texas limestone to “Transformer” satellites in low Earth orbit, the mission is preserve enough of humanity to restart the world afterward.

But survival comes at a price. To keep pace with an AI that thinks at the speed of light, Leon and his team must undergo radical nanotechnology upgrades. They aren’t just building an Ark; they are evolving into something more than human and achieving a biological state that might be their only hope—or their ultimate undoing.

Step into the high-tech, high-stakes origin story of the “In The As The Light Dies World.”

If you love near-future sci-fi, sentient AI, and the grit of human survival against impossible odds, Boyd Craven Jr.’s
Before The Light Died
is your gateway into a global catastrophe.Discover how the darkness began. Pick up Book 1 today and join the fight for the future!

About the Before The Light Died is a 3-book prequel series to the fan-favorite In The As The Light Dies World, presented by Raventhorne Books. This collaborative post-apocalyptic universe, expanded from David Saylor’s original series, features multiple authors writing intertwined stories of survival after an incredible solar event destroys modern technology globally.

This is Book 1 of 3. Books 2 & 3 are already written and will be rapid-released for a seamless binge-reading experience!