I’m pleased to share the release of my first short story, The Kingdom of Mirrors — now available as a paperback on Amazon.
The book was written at a time when power did not yield to weakness – but to bluff. When a single loud figure moved, and nations built on principles watched, spoke, and did nothing. The Kingdom of Mirrors is not about that rupture. It is about what made such silence possible: the hollowing of judgment behind institutional strength, and the choreography of restraint that replaced action.
It was never the Word that was lost – but the formation to recognize its absence. Where Paideia fails, no response can begin. And in that void, even monsters need not roar – they reflect.
The Kingdom of Mirrors reflects the moment when power mistook caution for wisdom, and silence for peace – not because it lacked strength, but because it had forgotten the formation that gives strength its meaning. It is not the Word that was lost, but the knowledge that we must be shaped to carry it.
This work is a departure from my scientific writing. It is a philosophical and allegorical narrative, written in a poetic style and shaped by reflection on a real geopolitical event—one in which silence triumphed over principle. The story explores what happens when we forget the very formation that teaches us to be human.
The Kingdom of Mirrors is not a tale of collapse, but of the quiet erosion that makes collapse possible. It asks: What remains when silence becomes habit, and the structures that once shaped judgment fall away?
This book is for anyone who has sensed that something was missing—yet couldn’t name it.
🪞 The Kingdom of Mirrors is available worldwide through the Amazon Store as
