Science fiction inspired by the reality of progress

Alexander Titus is a technologist, strategist, and author whose work lives at the intersection of science, policy, and imagination. With a background in synthetic biology and national security, he has advised government agencies, startups, and global institutions on emerging technologies and their societal impact.

Titus is the founder of The Connected Ideas Project, a platform exploring the co-evolution of technology and humanity through essays and fiction. His debut novel, On the Wings of a Pig, brings his narrative insight into full flight. He believes the future belongs to those bold enough to imagine it, and disciplined enough to build it.

What if the only way to save humanity was to abandon it?

A dying Earth. A reluctant scientist. A mission that begins with extinction—and ends in a question no one dared ask.

A Debut Novel

In On the Wings of a Pig, Earth is dying, ravaged by a genetically engineered fungus and the violent collapse of global ecosystems. Dr. Samara Makinde, a geneticist once focused on frog hibernation, becomes one of the unlikely few chosen to escape aboard a colony ship bound for an alien world.

As humanity’s survival hinges on fractured alliances, compromised ethics, and whispered secrets, Samara navigates the blurred line between science and responsibility. This is a story of exodus and reckoning, where salvation may depend on the very tools that doomed the planet, and where hope, improbably, flies on the wings of a pig.

"I wrote On the Wings of a Pig to wrestle with the future we’re all rushing toward — and what it might cost to survive it" -Titus

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