Existence Equation

Matthew Medney, Don Macnab-Stark

ISBN 10: 1962594068 / ISBN 13: 9781962594066

Published by Gungnir Entertainment, US, 2025

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Liam Kerr is your typical 16 year old boy in 2293. He wakes up, eats breakfast, goes to school, and, in 24 months, he will make the biggest decision of his life. Now, I know what you're thinking, and no - it's not college. Human ingenuity has evolved past that. Upon graduating from grade school, the need for that 4+ year advanced education exercise is truncated into a single, instantaneous download of information. Instead, the human paradox in the 23rd century is simply the decision of a lifetime, made at the age of 18. Facing the transition from teenager to adulthood, all humans must decide what is more important: traveling the cosmic ocean as an android, devoid of most capacity for emotion; or living out their days as a "biological" on earth, confronting all the beauty and ugliness of the human paradigm.  Even with science fantasy technology being harnessed, physics still has its limits. Only highly-advanced nanotech machinery can travel and particularize up- and downstream, withstanding the crushing forces at these unimaginable speeds. The biological human body cannot withstand this (though not for lack of trying: decades of failed missions have brought us to this solution). The optimal way to collect interstellar data and information is thus to fuse the human consciousness into a one way ticket, human machine hybrid. An Android.  Mind transfers and other robotic innovations are commonplace in the 23rd century, but again we find that with great innovation comes the ever present caveats. The biological transfer only works at the age of 18, due to the health of the synapses' in the brain. Any older and it becomes uncertain if the transfer would work - by the age of 30 it's akin to suicide. Earth has achieved marvelous innovation. Unimaginable science fiction has become science fact, including the most impressive feat of them all: the ability to travel at Faster Than Light speed. Humans have unlocked the possibility to visit countless worlds filled with intelligent life. A dream that science has imagined since the dawn of Copernicus. Now fully-realized, the question that festers in every adolescent is simple:  "What is the price of the stars?" Wishful thinking has been lost to time. Science fiction folly of fairytale endings and dreams of a long and fruitful life on earth, ending in a fusion of man and machine into the dark horizon of space and time with the never ending adventure of the cosmos was nothing more than a fool's errand. .  The great humor, as the people would refer to it, is the poetic truth that no species beyond the earth could ever meet a biological human. No matter how clever their technology was, no matter how elegant their solutions may be, humanity would never encounter another species face-to-face. Only their Derivative Andronic selves had that honor.  The time is now nearing for young Liam to decide what type of being he is destined to be. A space-faring machine with an undying consciousness and the prospect of endle.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Existence Equation
• Publisher: Gungnir Entertainment, US
• Publication Date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1962594068
• ISBN 13: 9781962594066
• Binding: Hardback
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

“A Visionary book for 2026” - Space.com


A coming-of-age sci-fi novel about the generation that will decide humanity's future among the stars.


On a futuristic Earth transformed by advanced culture, android companions, and interstellar travel, the stars are no longer a dream ― they're a destination. But reaching them demands a price that no algorithm can calculate and no android can pay.


Existence Equation follows a group of young people standing at the threshold of an impossible choice.


In a world where technology has answered every question, they face the one it can't: what are you willing to sacrifice for something bigger than yourself? As the first generation born into an era of limitless possibility, they must confront the raw, human cost of progress ― and decide whether the stars are worth what they'll lose to reach them.


Fusing the emotional intensity of Super 8 with the cosmic scope of Interstellar, Existence Equation is a high-octane journey through a future that feels just close enough to touch. It's a story about ambition, sacrifice, identity, and the question that echoes across every generation: what is the price of the stars?


"The Existence Equation is fast-paced, adventurous fun that powers along the cosmic highway."
― Paul Cornell, Hugo Award Nominated, NYT Bestselling Author


Perfect for fans of: Super 8, Interstellar, Saga, Paper Girls, and The Hunger Games.


Written by Matthew Medney and Don Macnab-Stark | hardcover | Published by GUNGNIR

About the Author

Matthew Medney Founder, Publisher, Creator Matt Medney is a visionary storyteller, co-founder of Iconic Arts LTD, and Founder, Publisher of Gungnir Books. Former CEO of Heavy Metal Magazine and co-founder of Hero Projects, he is a best-selling author of Beyond Kuiper, Above The Ground, Dark Wing, and The Adventures of Adrienne James. Medney has led major collaborations with icons like Floyd Mayweather Jr., Shaggy, Steve Aoki, and brands such as Disney, the NFL, Coca-Cola, and Live Nation’s Rolling Loud.