About Demeter: Lost Colonies Book 1
Demeter is a science-fiction novel about power, consent, and what awakens when humanity pushes too far into the dark.
As genetic collapse threatens the outer colonies, corporations turn to a ruthless solution: enforced genetic reinforcement, framed as duty and disguised as progress. Young adults are drafted, matched, and sent outward to stabilise settlements on the brink of failure.
Taro Brooke never volunteered.
Dragged under an old matching protocol to the mining world of Demeter, she arrives at a colony that governs itself in uneasy balance and at a planet that does not behave as expected. Demeter’s wealth lies underground, but so do its silences. Mining records don’t align. Restricted zones multiply. And some areas are sealed not for profit, but for containment.
Cole Serros, heir to one of Demeter’s founding families, waited six years before claiming his match. He insists the delay was necessary. He refuses to explain why. As corporate oversight begins to close in, Taro finds herself trapped between a system that owns her body and a world that seems to be watching from below.
Surveillance tightens. Loyalties fracture. And whatever Demeter is hiding beneath its surface is not as dormant as the corporations believe.
Demeter is the first novel in the Lost Colonies series. A character-driven science-fiction story blending slow-burn tension with themes of autonomy, coercion, and the dangers of digging too deep.
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Author Bio:
Philippa Robinson is a British author writing romantic science fiction, speculative fiction, and fantasy. She grew up an “army brat”, moving from place to place with several MFO boxes full of books that became constant companions. Her childhood shelves were stacked with science fiction and fantasy; the genres that first taught her how stories could create whole new worlds and make them feel like home.
She studied English Language and Literature at university and has been writing ever since. Philippa’s work spans poetry and long-form fiction, with a particular focus on immersive world-building, complex characters, and stories that sit at the intersection of emotional intimacy and high-stakes speculative ideas.
Her science-fiction novel Demeter is the first published work in the Lost Colonies universe; a collection of standalone novels set in a shared world, written for readers who want grit, consequence, and a strong romantic undercurrent alongside traditional science-fiction themes. She is currently working on the next novel in the series, Tartaros, due for completion in 2026.