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Mina's Star

Mina's Star

By: Mina's Star
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At its heart, this is a novel about the consequences of nuclear appeasement. The story opens with a single spark that grows into a storm, a world where secrets hidden in the sky ignite rivalries on the ground. From quiet observatories to glittering galas, from the shadows of interrogation rooms to the roar of drone swarms, every moment builds toward a reckoning no nation can escape. The question is not only who holds power but what price is paid to preserve it.

In a future scarred by betrayal and shifting alliances, the world stands on the edge of transformation. From covert intelligence wars in Europe to the rise of arcologies and the dream of a borderless Charter, rival powers maneuver in the shadows while hidden technologies threaten to upend the balance of deterrence itself. Across continents and oceans, spies, soldiers, scientists, and visionaries are drawn into the collision between old empires and new movements.

Each carries secrets, loyalties, and choices that will shape whether humanity falls into ruin or builds a foundation strong enough to reach the stars.

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Mina's Star 2025
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Episodes
  • Mina's Star - Chapter 9 - Saila Okalik
    Jan 8 2026

    Welcome to the next chapter of Mina’s Star, a near-future epic about humanity’s reckoning after the collapse of the insane logic of mutually assured destruction tracing how the ruins of the nation-state order give rise to the Charter, a new consensus-driven civilization built on the principle that every life is sovereign.

    In this chapter, we follow Saila Okalik, a gifted young technician inside an Arctic arcology, who is pulled toward a vision of the Charter that promises dignity and safety for everyone, but she insists that how you achieve that future matters as much as the goal itself. Renata embodies the same end vision through a harsher path, believing coercion and sacrifice are acceptable tools, and their encounter frames the story as a choice between two methods for building the same world.

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    25 mins
  • Mina's Star - Chapter 8 - Aarav Azlan Lohana
    Dec 18 2025

    Welcome to the next chapter of Mina’s Star, a near-future epic about humanity’s reckoning after the collapse of the insane logic of mutually assured destruction tracing how the ruins of the nation-state order give rise to the Charter, a new consensus-driven civilization built on the principle that every life is sovereign.

    In this chapter, we follow Aarav Azlan Lohana, a resourceful young Sindhi engineer facing a future with limited work who chooses ingenuity over despair to carve his own path outside the systems that have failed his generation. His story is about refusing the choices presented to him, learning when obedience is just inertia, and discovering that agency begins the moment someone decides the rules they inherited are not the only ones that exist.

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    31 mins
  • Mina's Star - Chapter 7 - Adebayo Ogunleye
    Nov 14 2025

    Welcome to the next chapter of Mina’s Star, a near-future epic about humanity’s reckoning after the collapse of the logic of mutually assured destruction.

    In this chapter, we follow Adebayo Ogunleye as a sudden disaster on Mercury propels him and his fellow trainees into an urgent deep-space rescue mission, forcing them to balance precision, loyalty, and exhaustion under immense technical pressure. Amid orbital hazards and a deteriorating partnership with the pilot Aistė, Adebayo uncovers signs that the mission itself may be compromised in ways no one is prepared for.

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    24 mins
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