THE COLLECTIVE'S EDGE
The War for ConsciousnessBy Janusz Jarzemski
Length12h 38m
About this audiobook
The Collective's Edge (The War for Consciousness) is a novel about the
price of immortality and the cost of consciousness. It explores what
happens when transcendence comes with cosmic responsibilities,
when survival requires sacrifice that borders on incomprehensible, and
when the only choices available are between different forms of
impossible suffering. It asks whether meaning can exist in an
unwinnable war, whether dignity can be maintained in the face of
extinction level threats, and whether humanity's commitment to
voluntary choice can survive when voluntarism is tested at species
scale.
This is Book Two of The Posthuman Archives, continuing the story
that began in The Silence Between Stars. While it builds on the
foundation of the first novel, new readers will find sufficient context
to understand the stakes, the characters, and the extraordinary
circumstances that have brought humanity to the edge of the galaxy's
greatest conflict.
Audiobook details
GenreScience Fiction
Length12 hrs 38 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateFeb 3, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Title
19CHAPTER 16: Qos's Retaliation
2INTRODUCTION
20CHAPTER 17: The Preservationist Alliance
3PROLOGUE
21CHAPTER 18: Veyra's Gift
4CHAPTER 1: First Contact Protocol
22CHAPTER 19: Earth Reconnects
5CHAPTER 2: The Entropy Warning
23CHAPTER 20: The Price of Victory
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6CHAPTER 3: Earth's Dilemma
24CHAPTER 21: Ghosts and Legends
7CHAPTER 4: The Somnathi Deep
25CHAPTER 22: The Preservationist Coalition
8CHAPTER 5: The Council Speaks
26CHAPTER 23: Into the Overmind
9CHAPTER 6: Fracture Points
27CHAPTER 24: Dual Demonstrations
10CHAPTER 7: The Vriloth Proposal
28CHAPTER 25: Signals from the Dark
11CHAPTER 8: The Silence That Screams
29CHAPTER 26: The Substrate Archaeological Record
12CHAPTER 9: Schism
30CHAPTER 27: The Island Empire Analogy
13CHAPTER 10: The First Shot
31CHAPTER 28: The Hunger That Was Civilization
14CHAPTER 11: Learning to Fight
32CHAPTER 29: The Fracture Vote
15CHAPTER 12: Echoes from Within
33CHAPTER 30: Signals Across Deep Time
16CHAPTER 13: The Editing Corps
34CHAPTER 31: The Silence of the Architects
17CHAPTER 14: Earth's Shadow
35EPILOGUE
18CHAPTER 15: The Coalition
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