“The Tribe is a masterclass in strategic foresight and ethical decision-making… intelligent, timely, and completely immersive. I look forward to what comes next.”
— Asher Syed for Readers’ Favorite
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Beraud Rock is the pen name of Peter Barrett, an Australian author and designer exploring sentience, bureaucracy, and terror among the stars.
Author Overview
Beraud Rock crafts cinematic science fiction exploring evolution, sentience, and control. His writing examines the fragile boundary between human instinct and technological ambition, set against vast alien landscapes and the ghosts of failed systems.
Through The Alloy Series, Rock explores the power of evolution—biological and social—as the ultimate intelligence, capable of humbling even the most advanced machines.
Powder For Drying Wounds They surrounded her and sat close to her, she could feel their warmth and their soft arms, and their eyes reflected instinct and calm and tenderness and contentment. They expected nothing, being adapted and marvellous, beautiful and splendid. They seemed to smile within as she wiped the tears from her face, moved by their beauty and tender regard, and smiled back, thanking them.
She didn’t quite understand what for, but then knew as it slowly came to her, and it washed over her like a soft understanding, about what they meant and were, and how important they were to the land and the sea, and she felt stronger and happy, and privileged to be with them. -Excerpt from The Tribe.