“In a single generation we have progressed from a rudimentary Sputnik to more than ten thousand active orbiting satellites—dominated by Starlink—which have transformed our lives. Swarm offers an absorbing, perceptive history and a prophetic analysis of the global impact of the satellite revolution and our unrelenting reliance on this ever-evolving technology.”—Colin Burgess, author of Shattered Dreams: The Lost and Canceled Space Missions and editor of the Outward Odyssey series on spaceflight

“Swarm, by Jay Allen, provides an insightful and gripping account of how commercial satellite swarms transformed space into a contested battlefield. Ranging from the war in Ukraine to rising U.S.-China tensions, the book reveals how orbit became infrastructure, how power shifted to private constellations, and why the next great conflict may unfold above us.”—Louis A. Del Monte, author of War at the Speed of Light: Directed-Energy Weapons and the Future of Twenty-First-Century Warfare