Sam Terra believes science fiction works best when it remains deeply human. While Ocean Earth imagines a flooded future, its focus stays on emotional realism—grief, loyalty, sacrifice, and the bonds that persist even as civilization does not.

His writing is shaped by memories of displacement, uncertainty, and the fragile line between safety and loss. Having lived through periods of instability and profound change, Sam is drawn to stories where the environment becomes both threat and teacher, and where family becomes the North Star.