Where Fear Is Warm by Leo Nasirov
Where Fear Is Warm by Leo Nasirov
English | 2026 | Sci-Fi & Fantasy
When the research ship Ardent Vale vanishes into an uncharted region of space, Elias expects death.
Instead, he wakes on Khoros-a living world where fear is not a weakness, but the foundation of existence.
On Khoros, fear feeds the environment, shapes society, and determines who belongs. Those who learn to control it gain access, comfort, and purpose. Those who resist are corrected-or erased.
As Elias adapts, he begins to see the cost of a world built on constant emotional motion. Alongside Mara, another survivor unwilling to surrender her humanity, he challenges the system not with rebellion, but with something far more dangerous: shared silence.
What follows is not a battle for power, but a transformation that forces Khoros to confront what it must lose in order to live.
Where Fear Is Warm is a haunting science fiction novel about control, connection, and the courage to stop running-from fear, from stillness, and from ourselves.
