World Without End

Humanity is not invaded or saved, but quietly assessed by Visitors who optimize systems without threats, demands, or explanations. The result is a future where stability hardens into lock-in and consent becomes irrelevant.

Inside the story

• Visitors optimize Earth without threats or explanations
• Alignment brings benefits until improvement becomes lock-in
• Institutions function perfectly, exposing what stability protects
• Mars chooses distance while Earth chooses optimization
• Told by a future historian who knows the ending