A secret buried in Vienna in 1815 resurfaces in the life of Kai Carson. As humanity encounters an ancient galactic order, one family’s choices become part of a much larger history.
First contact · Hidden histories · Human choices
First contact changes everything.
Including our past.
Naval architect Kai Carson has spent a lifetime looking towards the stars. When an inexplicable message reaches him, curiosity becomes an encounter with powers that see very different futures for Earth.
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BOOK I / THE P.X TRILOGYA human drawn beyond Earth. Three Arcanians with different answers to what should happen next.
A naval architect whose lifelong curiosity draws him into humanity’s encounter with a wider universe.
Meet Kai →
Patient and guarded, Oron guides Kai while defending an Accord whose principles are tested by Earth’s crisis.
Meet Oron →
An Arcanian commander balancing duty with the people the Accord’s decisions place at risk.
Meet Raeya →
A gifted engineer in exile, Kyrion hides his care behind provocation, secrecy and stubborn independence.
Meet Kyrion →
“Ve’kron tu zan’lor vak’al,
qorth daxor vak’al!”The one who does not know where to stand will lose the right to stand.
Follow the central saga, then discover the lives and events beyond it.
Three generations face the consequences of humanity’s first contact. Begin with No Man’s Space, the opening volume of a widening galactic mystery.
Book I available now · Books II & III forthcoming
Discover the trilogy →Companion stories explore hidden origins, consequences carried between volumes, and further lives beyond the trilogy.
The AbstentionA standalone novella within P.X Untold. Available now.
Unforgotten & Unlimited are planned collections.
Explore the Chronicles →Meet the people, discover the vessels, and find your place among the worlds of P.X.
New to P.X? Start with the novel. Wiki articles may reveal story details; Codex chapter controls help you choose how far to read.
Read alongside Snorvix, a biomechanical chronicler with a perspective of his own.
WikiP.Xia introduces the universe. The Snorvix Codex accompanies the chapters you have read.
Choose your place in the novel to explore its records. Different voices preserve different accounts; the identity of the narrator matters as much as the history.
Annex IV: The Snorvix Codex
Volume I · The companion archive
“LEVEL 213 — 1 LIFE LEFT — CONTINUE?”
Step into the arcade from No Man’s Space. Choose your pilot and press START on Star Pilot IV: Galaxy Ascent.
Watch a scene from No Man’s Space · Contains story reveals.
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Engineer by craft.
Storyteller by instinct.
For more than two decades, Kerim has helped turn drawings into working vessels. His curiosity about space, time and humanity’s place in the universe became the starting point for P.X.
Vienna / The launch storyBack to where it all began.A promise, a first printed copy, and a return to Vienna. →
As published in the October 2026 issue of SNAME's MT magazine.Engineering the ImaginedHow naval architecture shaped P.X. →A universe to discover. A reading ritual of your own.
First contact changes everything. Including our past.
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