In a crumbling biodome surrounded by endless seas and swarms of microdrones, humanity’s last survivors cling to hope. For Isabel, a dying scientist, and Diego, the man she loves, time is running out—literally. The Earth is ravaged, and the biodome that was meant to save them is failing. But when Isabel stumbles upon a long-lost time bridge, the possibility of changing the past emerges, offering one final chance to rewrite history.
There’s just one problem: only one person can make the journey.
As they grapple with the weight of impossible choices, love, and regret, Isabel and Diego must decide whether altering the course of time is worth the risk. Will their sacrifice save the future, or will tampering with the past ensure humanity’s extinction?
Tense, emotional, and thought-provoking, Hive is a story of survival, love, and the ultimate cost of second chances. When the future is at stake, how far would you go to change it?
Trigger Warnings
Hive contains some sensitive themes that may be triggering for certain readers. The story explores terminal illness, death, and emotional loss, particularly through characters grappling with their own mortality. There are also scenes of environmental collapse, human extinction, and moments of despair as the characters confront the end of the world. Additionally, themes of sacrifice and suicide are touched upon in the narrative. Readers sensitive to these subjects should be aware before diving into the book.
The series
In a future unraveling at the seams, where Earth’s last breaths are measured in rising tides and fractured time, a single decision could mean everything—or nothing at all.
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The Madders of Time series bends the rules of science fiction by rooting its high-concept premise in something achingly human: love, regret, and the terrifying weight of second chances. Against the backdrop of ecological collapse and quantum uncertainty, a group of flawed, determined individuals dares to believe that time isn’t just a line—it’s a lifeline.
What begins as a story of survival inside a biodome, a crumbling refuge from a dying world, quickly evolves into a layered narrative about the butterfly effect of personal choices. Time travel isn’t a shiny escape here—it’s messy, dangerous, and deeply personal. The characters aren’t heroes. They’re scientists, lovers, exes, and sometimes their own worst enemies—each haunted by what they’ve lost and what they might still change.
With sharp dialogue, unexpected humor, and an atmosphere that walks the line between hope and heartbreak, this series offers more than speculative fiction—it offers a mirror. The kind that shows not just where we might be headed, but how we got here in the first place.
For readers who crave emotional depth in their science fiction—those who want timelines tangled with heartstrings—this is the kind of story that stays with you long after the last page, asking the question: if you had one shot to fix the past, what would you risk to take it?
Rich with themes of climate disaster, time paradoxes, and the persistence of love, this is speculative storytelling grounded in the raw, chaotic beauty of being human.
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