Torth

Abby Goldsmith

A Sci-Fi Power Progression Fantasy space opera: The galaxy is ruled by the Torth Majority, a telepathic hive-mind empire that reads minds and crushes individuality. On a harsh desert world, Ariock Dovanack — bred as a slave — discovers his latent colossal strength and psychic resistance. To defeat a collective that always gets what it wants, he must systematically unlock tiers of physical and mental power, from resisting mind-reading to planet-shaking telekinesis, rallying survivors into a resistance that scales alongside the Torth's own caste hierarchy (slaves, technicians, Majority, galactic overseers). Explicit, central progression: power measured in psionic tiers, colossal growth stages, and Majorities.

Progression: Telepathic hive-mind hierarchy vs individual power progression. The Torth empire operates on strict psychic castes: Dovanack slaves, technicians, and the Majority (galactic rulers) who share a collective consciousness and read thoughts. Human progression is quantified through Ariock's genetic power unlocks: Stage 1 — brute colossal strength and pain tolerance; Stage 2 — active telepathic resistance and mind-shielding; Stage 3 — telekinetic manipulation and colossus form; Stage 4 — megacosmic-scale will projection and hive-mind severance. Each book raises the tier ceiling — from escaping a single Torth farm (Majority) to confronting planetary wreckers (World of Wreckage) to rifting between galaxies (Megacosmic Rift). Goodreads subtitle 'A Sci-Fi Power Progression Fantasy' explicitly confirms structured advancement as central.