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The First Percent
Another investigation by Alex Carter, the investigative journalist at the heart of Moon Shadows. This time: a coordinated suppression campaign against space-based solar power.
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The journalist who broke the lunar lander story is back.
The story
Cheap power, expensive enemies.
My next novel follows Alex Carter, the investigative journalist at the heart of Moon Shadows, onto a different thread: a coordinated suppression campaign against space-based solar power.
Set roughly four years after the events of Moon Shadows. Same protagonist, different antagonists, different stakes, but the same approach: real engineering, real institutional friction, and a journalist trying to build a case against people who would prefer it never came together.
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Investigative thrillers anchored in real engineering and institutional friction.
The First Percent is calibrated for a specific kind of reader. If any of these matter to you, you're in the right place.
- Alex Carter's next investigation A direct sequel in cast and method, set roughly four years after Moon Shadows, in a different orbital arena.
- Space-based solar power The next great clean-energy bet, and the institutional resistance trying to kill it before it scales.
- Hard sci-fi · Investigative Same approach as Moon Shadows: real engineering, real institutional friction, no easy outs.
About the author
Daniele Romagnoli
I'm an Italian aerospace engineer. I write near-future thrillers about people solving hard problems, anchored in real science and researched engineering.
My debut novel, Moon Shadows, released in August 2026. Subscribers get notes from the writing room, first word on the next book, and the free novella Close Approach.
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