Month: December 2018

Earlier that same day, in search of compassion, Xavier Maison sat in his office watching the solar balloons shed their eerie dawn light onto Manchester. He had not been able to sleep, and had come in early, before light-up time. As he gazed out over the city from his one-hundredth-floor office, his thoughts turned to… Continue reading Authority and Compassion →

Jay often worried if fusion-hoppers were not around he might never have met Abby and a life without Abby would be impossible for him. Abby's parents had died in a "supposed" freak hopper accident in one of the early models. She distrusted ISECs explanations for the crash and she distrusted hoppers in general. She understandably… Continue reading Abby →

Jay Maison forced himself back into the dream space. He'd been relentless in his quest for answers, every morning since the night he had once found himself unexpectedly caught up in Abby's nightmare. He closed and slowed his mind. While in her nightmare, his perspective was locked to hers and he could not change it… Continue reading Meetings and Messages →

Prologue... A small science outpost sparkled in the cold vacuum of space, its orbit shallow and elliptical. Two modified Mark Nine shuttles equipped with new fusion engines and loaded with every weapon humanity had thus far invented followed the same orbit, directly opposite one another. The focus of this deep-space mission was a large gunmetal… Continue reading Prologue →