Tears of Planets Lost: A Space Opera and Political Science Fiction Novella from Poland

What remains of civilization when not everyone can be saved?

A planet is dying. Its collapse cannot be stopped. The only remaining option is evacuation - but there is neither time nor technology to rescue everyone.

Global institutions and political leaders face impossible questions:

Who deserves a place among the survivors?

Which nations, professions, and communities should continue into the future?
What should be preserved - scientific knowledge, cultural heritage, endangered species... or political influence?
And who gets left behind?

Tears of Planets Lost is a thought-provoking science fiction novella by Zbigniew Brzeziński - member of the Program Council of the Polish Science Fiction Foundation, coordinator of the Culture Section of Poland's Futurological Congresses in Krak闚, and an active promoter of speculative fiction and literary culture.

Combining space opera, political fiction, and hard science fiction, this compact yet ambitious story continues the distinctive tradition of Polish science fiction: speculative worlds used to explore real human choices.

On board one of the final evacuation vessels, a prime minister makes an unexpected decision. Because of an unforeseen opportunity and under pressure from international quotas, he allows an elderly man and his two grandchildren to join the mission - people who were never meant to survive.

But they are not alone.

They bring with them a small tree.

A living organism unlike any other - one that seems able to express fear, distrust, and emotions no one expected to encounter during humanity's final migration.

As the journey unfolds, political calculations collide with conscience, survival with responsibility, and rational planning with forces no one fully understands.

Short enough to finish in a few evenings.

Rich enough to stay with you much longer.

Tears of Planets Lost offers more than adventure. It asks uncomfortable questions about leadership, morality, migration, power, memory, and the hidden cost of saving the future.

For readers who value intelligent science fiction, sociological depth, and stories that remain meaningful after the final page.

Paperback edition. English-language release.