LOGLINE
A war-weary pilot haunted by loss rescues an enemy defector with proof that a powerful empire is manipulating belief to destabilize entire worlds, making them targets as he races to expose the truth before it ignites interplanetary war.
SYNOPSIS
After a devastating war leaves the Aruna Nebula locked in a fragile balance of fear, former war hero Miles Nova has withdrawn from the world, numbing himself as a freight pilot haunted by the loss of his wife. When imperial guard Elvey Menkar defects from Emperor Alcor Omucron, revealing a plan to destroy Suria not through war but internal collapse, Miles is reluctantly pulled back into events he believes only end in tragedy.
Hunted by Omucron’s ruthless enforcer Yaru Gorgor, Miles, Elvey, and a young scavenger named Ras are forced into an uneasy alliance. As Suria embraces a false peace and ignores Elvey’s warnings, assassination and betrayal follow. A brutal battle on Tamburion proves heroism still matters—but also confirms the war has already begun.
Whispers ends not with victory, but with resolve, as unseen forces tighten their grip.
THE LARGER STORY
WHISPERS is the first chapter of a completed science fiction trilogy exploring ideological warfare, societal destabilization and the struggle to rebuild truth in manipulated societies.
The subsequent films expand the political and psychological consequences introduced in the first story.
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WHISPERS explores hidden manipulation and the discovery of a covert strategy capable of destabilizing civilizations without direct warfare.
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STORM follows the collapse of trust and shared reality as entire worlds descend into fear, propaganda and manufactured division.
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ASCENSION centers on survival, accountability and the struggle to rebuild agency after systemic collapse.
While epic in scope, the trilogy remains character-driven, focusing on trauma, loyalty, belief and the human cost of ideological warfare.
TRILOGY OVERVIEW AVAILABLE IN DOWNLOADS
CORE THEMES
Weaponization of belief and perception
Collapse of shared truth
Trauma, isolation and survival
Loyalty, trust and moral responsibility
The fight to rebuild agency and meaning
Despite its large-scale setting, the story remains fundamentally centered on human relationships and the psychological cost of survival in environments shaped by propaganda, fear and institutional control.
VISUAL WORLD
ABOUT THE CREATOR
Thomas Betschart is a Swiss writer and visual artist working across cinematic design, photography and science fiction development.
TALES FROM ARUNA was developed as a grounded, emotionally driven science fiction property balancing large-scale spectacle with contemporary themes surrounding manipulation, belief, trauma and institutional destabilization.
Contact
Thomas Betschart
Dorfstrasse 18
5430 Wettingen
Switzerland
+4178 703 37 49
For Screenplay requests, representation
or development inquiries.
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