Space Vault: The Seed Eclipse

Book Two of the Sci-Fi Galaxy Series

AN AWARD-WINNING SCI-FI THRILLER ABOUT WHO OWNS LIFE—AND WHO GETS TO DECIDE HUMANITY'S FUTURE.

On the Moon, a vault holds the genetic blueprints of life on Earth. But the greatest prize may be a child whose DNA could change the future of humanity.

As Earth struggles with environmental degradation and dwindling resources, the lunar Seed Vault has become one of civilization's most valuable assets. Within its protected chambers lie the genetic codes needed to preserve and potentially restore crops, ecosystems, and biodiversity. Whoever controls the Vault could determine what survives—and who benefits.

But powerful interests are pursuing something even more extraordinary.

Diana Ward is no ordinary child. Genetically engineered to survive the rigors of deep space, she represents a new possibility for human evolution: a generation capable of carrying humanity beyond the worlds it already inhabits. To the ruthless Consortium, Diana is an invaluable biological asset, the culmination of years of genetic experimentation. To her mother, Teagan Ward, she is a daughter whose future belongs to no corporation, scientist, or government.

When the Consortium moves to reclaim Diana, Teagan is drawn into a dangerous struggle that reaches from the Moon's industrial settlements to the hidden ambitions of those seeking to control humanity's genetic destiny. As alliances fracture and competing factions close in on the Seed Vault, Teagan must confront the consequences of scientific discoveries that have made life itself a commodity.

Her search for safety leads her toward the endangered Tritans, an alien civilization whose own struggle for survival offers a disturbing reflection of humanity's ambitions. Meanwhile, powerful artificial intelligences, rival interests, and the escalating contest over genetic resources threaten to transform a repository created to safeguard life into an instrument of domination.

With Diana's freedom at stake and the future of the Seed Vault hanging in the balance, Teagan faces an impossible choice: how far can she go to protect her daughter when the forces pursuing her believe they are acting in humanity's best interests?

Blending genetic engineering, lunar exploration, artificial intelligence, alien encounters, political intrigue, and family drama, Space Vault: The Seed Eclipse is a thought-provoking science-fiction thriller about motherhood, survival, and the moral consequences of humanity's growing power to reshape life.

Winner of the 2025 BookFest Award for Best Science Fiction in Genetic Engineering & Future Technology and the NABE Pinnacle Book Achievement Award for Best Science Fiction, Space Vault is the second novel in Jeremy Clift's ongoing Sci-Fi Galaxy series.

WHO OWNS LIFE?

When the genetic foundations of existence become humanity's most valuable resource, the struggle to preserve life may become inseparable from the struggle to control it.