ALEX KORDEN

The unemployed theme park architect Alex Korden lives in a dystopian world ruled entirely by women. Only ten percent of humanity survived the Third World War in underground bunkers.

Unexpectedly, Korden is assigned a risky mission: to design the life-supporting ecosystems of the multi-generational spaceship APEIRON, a gigantic artificial world being built in lunar orbit to search for a new Earth-like planet.

Over the following months, Korden becomes entangled in a web of political intrigue as international tensions rise. When he completes his work, he finds himself cornered, facing arrest and imprisonment. Together with like-minded allies-a prophetic leader from Central Park and women and men of all races-he seizes control of the APEIRON through a daring, entirely non-violent deception.

While the matriarchal power blocs on Earth prepare to unleash a Fourth World War, the ship sets course for the star Altair, from where a mysterious light signal once hinted at an extraterrestrial space station. From this first contact, hope may arise for the creation of a new Earth.

Alex Korden transforms from a hunted man into a democratic rebel.

Written in 1997 by actor and author Hans Georg Nenning, this visionary novel anticipated real technologies-such as data-glasses-long before ideas like Google Glass became reality. Combining foresight and philosophical depth, BEYOND THE LIGHT – Reports from the Future explores humanity’s timeless struggles with power, greed, war, survival, desire, addiction, and fear.