Why This Story Was Written
The Ark of Humanity began with a question—two, actually.
The first came in a conversation with ChatGPT: “How would you rephrase the preamble of the U.S. Constitution for modern times?”
The response:
“We the diverse people of the United States…”
That single word—diverse—stopped me. Not as a political stance, but as something fundamentally true. A truth that, somehow, rang more sincere coming from an artificial intelligence trained on the knowledge of humanity than from many of today’s world leaders.
The second question came from memory. Years ago, I had a T-shirt that read: “Crewmember – Spaceship Earth.” I loved that shirt. It reminded me that we’re all passengers on the same fragile vessel.
Those two sparks—diversity and unity—ignited a journey. One that ultimately led to Ex Inani and this trilogy.
I never set out to write a political book. But I did set out to write a human one. A story that recognizes that our strength is in our differences, and that if we’re ever called to preserve the essence of who we are, we must bring all of us aboard.
The countdown has begun.