Dave Hayes

Beneath a crimson sky on a distant world, a broken man dares to climb toward the unknown.After a tragic accident leaves Adam Walker guilt-ridden and adrift, he wants nothing more than to disappear. But life has other plans. Abducted by an interstellar team and taken to the planet Opturius, Adam is asked to do the one thing he no longer believes he can. The jagged mountains of Opturius rise beneath an alien sky; its canyons veined with glowing moss, its deserts ringed by spires of crystalline stone.
The planet is not lifeless-it's alive. And as Adam journeys across its strange and sacred terrain-scaling cliffs, weathering storms, and exploring ancient canyons-he encounters beings that defy every explanation. For fans of C. S. Lewis, Ursula K. Le Guin, and Richard Powers, Opturius is a lyrical, soul-stirring journey across an alien world-where the rain sings, the spires whisper, and a lone climber meets the divine.
Blending spiritual depth, poetic prose, and cosmic mystery, this is science fiction for seekers-for those who believe stories should move your heart as well as your mind. If the philosophical wonder of Annihilation or the reverent awe of The Overstory spoke to you, prepare to be transported by Opturius-a novel that whispers truth in every stone and star. If you loved the haunting atmosphere of Solaris, but longed for a thread of hope, Opturius offers a poetic, redemptive journey into alien mystery and spiritual awakening.