Life After the Permian Extinction

The Permian extinction reset biosphere complexity at planetary scale, but recovery was not a simple rebound. Ecosystems reassembled through unstable phases, where low-diversity systems were highly vulnerable to additional shocks.

That pattern matters for fiction set in unstable worlds: resilience is gradual, and dominant lineages are temporary. World of Tethys applies this principle by treating ecological order as dynamic rather than permanent.

Learn more about the novel World of Tethys here.