Free
Fall
Saga
"Often considered the most imaginative of all literary worlds ever conceived, the author says it's the best of his science fiction, even though the world reads like fantasy."
Memory One — A New Mutiny
"I was human, a near-earth astronaut before being regenerated as intelligence"
My crew abandoned their mission and stayed in this beautiful place. They hunt with spears now. They write no more. Fight to survive. They have forgotten. Their past is but a myth.
They live on a 20-kilometer-long tree drifting through the gas torus of a distant star (trees do not have gravity — they do, however, have forces which make moving unique and ever-shifting).
At one end of the tree: the Quinn. Starving. Their leader is dying. The tree itself is dying. Instead of leading his people to safety, he chooses war. He sends Gavving — a young warrior who dreams only of flight — across the trunk to wipe out the enemy.
At the other end: the Daltons. Defended by women who have given up love and children for the right to kill. Their finest hunter is Minya. She is different. She hesitates. Her grandmother has ordered her to prove her loyalty by bringing back a Quinn head.
Two starving tribes. Two young warriors quietly breaking their own laws. A collision neither of them wants.
Beyond the tree lies the Smoke Ring — other trees, other lost crews, other names for the god they still pray to. None of them know I exist.
Videos
Opening
The world of the Smoke Ring revealed for the first time.
Our Tree Is Dying
A life shaped by ancient hatred, and the choice that changes everything.
Minya's Life in Free Fall
Minya leaps into the void of the Smoke Ring — courage, terror, and no return.
Night Calls
The Smoke Ring at night — alive, breathing, dangerous.
Brotherhood
Alliances forged in free fall, where loyalty is the only gravity.
Downloads
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Book #1 : Season One Story Three chapters — the world, the tribes, the love that defies them all.
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Book #2 : Characters The tribes, their people, and the individuals whose choices will shape the Smoke Ring.
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Book #3 : Concept Art + Worldbuilding Visual maps of the Integral Tree — bark as terrain, fissures as canyons, no fixed up or down.
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Game Design Document 3rd-person action-survival on a colossal floating tree — centrifugal gravity, persistent world.
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Free Fall Saga 101 — Pilot Script Episode 101: "What Are They Doing In There?" — the pilot script.
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Series Brief World overview, narrative structure and production vision for the franchise.
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Franchise Strategy The strategic vision for building Free Fall Saga across media, licensing, and global markets.
Larry Niven
Grand Master of Science Fiction · Author of Ringworld · Known Space series
"Niven has come up with an idea about as far out as one can get… This is certainly classic science fiction; the idea is truly the hero." — Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine
