Corporate Empires. Deep Space. Survival at Any Cost.
Argent Tide is a hard science fiction universe about ruthless megacorporations who control Earth’s dwindling resources, political intrigue and the crews struggling to survive being sacrificed as expendable pawns for their payload.
These stories blend hard sci-fi realism with mystery, survival and the eerie presence of ancient alien technology.
The Argent Tide Series
Some secrets don’t belong to the crew.
They belong to the ship.
Gritty, character-driven, hard science fiction aboard a long-haul freighter in deep space.
Deep-space stories of survival and consequence.
I’m Alex Zima, author of the Argent Tide science fiction series. Tense, character-driven stories about working crews, corporate power, and the cost of survival in hotly contested commercial routes.
Argent Tide: A Corporate Science Fiction Collection
Four lives. One ship. Choices that echo along the commercial lanes of the solar system.
A long-range hauler. Corporate borders. A crew learning what survival really costs.
The Argent Tide sails the broken trade routes of the solar system — from Europa’s frozen shadows along the Spine Line run to the lawless edges of Carthane’s Loop. Onboard, traders, engineers, and survivors wrestle with loyalty, secrecy, and the unrelenting pressure of corporate control.
This collection brings together four interconnected stories. Each one stands alone, but together they trace the fault lines inside a crew trying to hold their ship, and themselves.
- Gritty, grounded science fiction in a lived-in universe
- Working-class crews instead of chosen heroes
- Corporate intrigue, slow-burn tension, and hard choices
About Alex Zima
Alex Zima writes science fiction about freight crews, fixers, and survivors working the far edges of human space. Drawing on a career in finance and operations, Alex brings a sense of corporate systems, commercial routes, and unintended consequences to every story, where each decision carries a cost.
The Argent Tide stories all share one universe and one ship. Some are character-focused pieces, some are tense standoffs at the edge of corporate territory, and all of them ask the same question: what does it really mean to stay human when the system wants you to be an consummable part number?
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Argent Tide: A Corporate Science Fiction Collection
Four lives. One ship. Countless choices at the edge of deep space.
Four cinematic sci-fi tales set aboard the long-range hauler, the Argent Tide. A ship and crew bound by loyalty, secrecy, and the cost of progress.
Available in paperback and hardcover, this collection brings the full universe together for the first time.
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The Broker’s Silence
A deal gone wrong — and a loyalty that could cost everything.
A rival corporation’s mole hunt leads them to the Argent Tide. Retrieval of the stolen materials and data supersedes the peace between the mega-corporations. Chief security officer Meira Solen receives reports from the VDP and becomes suspicious when an old colleague, and data smuggler, shows up on the Argent Tide.
Barge Bay 19
A missing crate. A buried secret. A ship caught in its own shadow.
After a mysterious explosion at Titan Freight Anchorage near Saturn rattles the ship, the investigation leads to a member of Argent Tide’s crew. Captain Helena Varrick initiates her own investigation to understand whether her crewmember acted alone or not at all.
Coming Soon in the Argent Tide Universe
New voyages. New choices. The same unbreakable tide.