A novel byDmytro Herasymenko
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Science fiction. Deeply human.

Light Around the Void

One day, the Sun will be just another star.

A trace in distant starlight. A discovery that will outlive the people who make it.

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Dmytro Herasymenko · A novel

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The story

The stars were not where they were supposed to be.

In 1989, astronomer Viktor finds a disturbance in distant starlight. The instruments are working. The sky offers no visible explanation.

What begins as a question of measurement becomes a search whose consequences reach beyond one scientist and one lifetime. Yet knowledge alone cannot decide what should be done with it.

Between the immensity of the cosmos and the intimacy of ordinary lives, Light Around the Void follows people asked to make choices for generations they will never meet. Discovery brings responsibility. The unknown remains.

What do we owe a future we may never see?

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A glimpse into the unknown.

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Beyond the story

The questions that stay with us.

Science opens the question. People must live with the answer.

Beyond the visible

A trace in the light. An explanation still out of reach. The search begins with the courage to question what seems certain.

The weight of knowing

A discovery changes the lives of those who make it. What do they owe to everyone who does not yet know?

A future inherited

Some decisions outlive their makers. Their consequences belong to people who never had a voice in choosing them.

More than survival

Beyond the question of whether humanity can endure lies another: what must endure with it? Trust, memory, and the bonds between people.

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Begin beneath the stars.

A quiet conversation. A question as old as the light itself. An authentic passage from the opening of the novel.

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From the prologue · Sayra and Liora

“Sayra… does every star have a beginning?”

Sayra lifted her eyes to the sky. For a few moments they both watched the stars in silence.

“Everything that shines had a moment,” she said at last, “when its light did not yet exist.”

Liora frowned, turning the thought over in her mind.

“So… at first there was only darkness?”

A faint smile touched Sayra’s face.

“No,” she said softly. “Not only darkness.”

“Then what else?”

Sayra looked at the girl.

“Everything from which light was destined to be born.”

Liora raised her eyes to the stars once more.

“And which one shall we begin with?”

Sayra let her gaze drift across the heavens, as though somewhere among the countless lights she could still find the one she was about to speak of.

“The one,” she said, “that had not yet been given a name.”

Dmytro Herasymenko, Light Around the Void

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About the author

Dmytro Herasymenko

Dmytro Herasymenko is the author of Light Around the Void. The novel brings the scale of cosmic time into the lives of people facing uncertain knowledge and lasting choices. At its heart is a question of responsibility: what does one generation owe to the next?

A scientific mystery. A human future.

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Begin with a disturbance in the light. Follow the questions it leaves behind.

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What is Light Around the Void about?

An unexplained disturbance in distant starlight leads astronomer Viktor into a search with consequences beyond a single lifetime. The novel explores discovery, responsibility, and the future humanity leaves to later generations.

Who wrote Light Around the Void?

The author is Dmytro Herasymenko, whose name appears in Russian as Дмитрий Герасименко. The Russian title is Свет вокруг пустоты.

What genre is the novel?

Light Around the Void is a science fiction novel combining an astronomical mystery with philosophical questions about knowledge, survival, and responsibility. The English edition is presented as hard science fiction.

Can I read an excerpt in English and Russian?

Yes. The English and Russian versions of this site each include an authentic passage from the novel’s prologue. Use the EN / RU links to switch languages. Google Play Books also offers a sample of the Russian ebook.

Where can I get the book?

The linked Google Play Books edition is a Russian ebook. You can also follow the author-provided Amazon link; check that listing’s language and format before purchasing.