Pandaemonium "The Heavenly Hell"

A dystopian science-fantasy novel with Eastern philosophical tones and cinematic worldbuilding
"We built a paradise in the sky... to forget the grave beneath our feet."

In a future where the Earth has been scarred beyond recognition, five ancient races escaped the ruin by creating a vast floating sanctuary-Pandaemonium. Suspended above the dead planet Ritz, these cities drift silently in artificial harmony, governed by technology, illusion, and unspoken rituals.

Beneath their perfect skies, people live peaceful lives. The seasons are simulated. The light is warm. The world never changes.

And that's exactly the problem.

Every year, two hundred souls vanish. No war. No resistance. Only silence.

But when a solitary technician begins noticing cracks in the system-symbols that shouldn't exist, tremors that no one else feels, and signals coming from the world below-his quiet life turns into a slow unraveling of truth.

Who decides what peace costs?

And what if the forgotten world is not as dead as they were told?