Non-Stop!
The Republic of Memory (The Song of the Safina, volume 1)
By Mahmud El Sayed
22 May, 2026
Doing the WFC's Homework
Mahmud El Sayed’s 2026 The Republic of Memory is the first volume in his The Song of the Safina series.
The Safina is arguably the Network Empire’s most ambitious project, perhaps even more-so than the Empire’s ongoing efforts to bring the entire Earth under one government. The Safina is a vast generation ship, intended to establish humans on the exoplanet Hurriya. It is a step towards a galactic-scale Network Empire.
Ten years into the four-hundred-year voyage, the grand plan falls apart.