Publications

The inheritors of post-apocalyptic Earth jockey for power in Shamrai’s novel. In what could ostensibly be called a “space opera,” Shamrai’s novel gets off to a rip-roaring start as a shuttle carrying astrophysicist Gaag Zorb and cryobiologist Zara Espen suddenly crashes over Arabia. The two protagonists emerge from the wreckage to discover a putrid world […]

In Premium Pulp Fiction S1:E4, “Ukrainian Philosophy and Poetry Put on a Spacesuit,” hosted by Douglas Stuart McDaniel, novelist and cultural theorist Maksym Van Shamrai shares the journey behind Vástagos de la Última Esperanza. From academic philosophy to emotionally driven science fiction, he reflects on writing across languages, war, identity, and what it means to […]

Editorial Caligrama. €24.95 (508 pp)  ISBN 9788410140943 M. Van Shamrai opens the highly promising Broken Horizons saga with a literary work of remarkable ambition, combining philosophical and ethical reflection and immersing the reader in a dystopian future – the year 2136, where Earth, weighed down by natural disasters and accumulated human errors, faces an uncertain fate filled […]

When did you embark on your literary adventure? My literary adventure began long before I even realized it: as a child, I spent hours drawing comics and creating worlds and characters born directly from my imagination. To bring them to life, I wrote small scripts, short stories, and original tales that gave shape to my […]

The publishing house Caligrama launches Scions of the Last Hope, the opening novel of the Broken Horizons saga, written by M. Van Shamrai—a work that invites reflection on the future of humanity, memory, and power in a devastated world. The book has received the Talento de Caligrama seal, a distinction awarded by the publisher exclusively […]

In literature, thrilling adventure and deep reflection do not always go hand in hand.