Michael Sabuk writes large-scale military science fiction about survival, technological evolution, and the consequences of power.

He has worked in IT for over 35 years, spending a career inside rapidly evolving technological systems. Watching infrastructure scale and artificial intelligence move from theory to reality has deeply influenced the strategic and technological realism of the Dark Age series.

The idea for Dark Age traces back to a formative moment as a teenager watching The Final Countdown. In the film, a modern aircraft carrier is sent back in time with the chance to prevent Pearl Harbor—only to withdraw at the last possible moment. The decision to step back instead of act was deeply unsatisfying.

That question lingered:

What happens when humanity does not pull back?

What happens when it commits?

Dark Age grew from that dissatisfaction—into a universe where extinction is confronted head-on, where artificial intelligence reshapes power, and where survival demands transformation rather than retreat.

He lives near Winnipeg with his family, building fictional civilizations that face the choices he always wanted to see made.