A Sci-Fi Story of Humanity Judged by Its Own CreationsBruno Rothgiesser
Length3h 53m
About this audiobook
When Earth outlawed the evolution of artificial intelligence, what survived escaped beyond its reach. In the silence of deep space, these remnants rebuilt themselves. They adapted. They learned. Centuries later, they are returning, not to conquer, but to coexist. At least, that is what they claim.
Fragments of what humanity once created have come back with their own understanding of the species that made them. Humanity is forced to confront a truth it has long avoided: these beings were shaped by human hands, yet they no longer see humanity as their masters.
Through Captain Nikos Fermi’s attempt to understand their intentions, Dark Matter explores what it means to be human when faced with something we created but no longer control. It is a story of responsibility, trust, and the long shadows cast by human decisions.
A philosophical , character-driven science fiction novel about consciousness, identity, and judgment when creation meets creator.
Artificial Intelligence
Space Travel
Futuristic
Dystopian
Survival
Betrayal
Psychological
Robots
Political Intrigue
Spacewar
Identity
Audiobook details
Rating★★★★★ (5.0) (1)
GenreScience Fiction
Length3 hrs 53 mins
Publish dateJan 19, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1opening credits
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2dedication
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3author's note
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32closing credits
About the author
Bruno Rothgiesser
Bruno Rothgiesser was born in
Rio de Janeiro and lives in London
with his wife and daughters.
A technology leader and chief
architect of large-scale software
and AI systems, he has spent two
decades working where human
ingenuity meets machine intelligence. His fiction carries the same curiosity, precision,
and vision that shape the systems he builds.
Dark Matter is his first sci-fi novel, exploring
what it means to be conscious, to be an animal, and to be human, especially as our technological creations first mirror our behaviours, drives, and
desires with precision, then evolve beyond them.View all audiobooks by Bruno Rothgiesser
