Null Tower, New York City Dr. Catherine Kalama is normally a very calm person: it’s extremely rare to see her lose her temper, and it’s never on the job. But now she’s yelling at her only patient, Noriko Null, while[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Argos, 100 light-years from Earth Noriko Null is still on her bed, recovering from her wounds and watching Max Black a.k.a. Quantum pace back forth while venting his frustration. <…irresponsible and reckless! Selene was this close to killing you, and[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Nowhere Noriko is sitting at the edge of this world, dangling her feet over the horizon. The gigantic empty thrones of the Drylon are a million miles away, bigger than the sky. The shadow of Ulysses is right behind her,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Kythera, 950 light-years from Earth Thalas Khanos is a sadistic murderer. During his years as Oracle and High Geneticist of Demeter he was responsible for the painful deaths of countless test subjects. His gangly figure towers everybody else in the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Kythera, 950 light-years from Earth A six hundred feet tall statue of Aphrodite dominates the city. The statue has both hands above her head to lift a dove; other than a seashell necklace, she’s completely naked and very anatomically correct.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Capitol, Washington D.C. The press has been waiting for this. The 24-hour news networks have been talking about this since sunrise, and now they can finally point their cameras at the action. The roar of the Phoenix NX-1 signals[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Fairbanks, Alaska The ship enters the atmosphere at the wrong angle, surrounded by a cloud of flames. Thanks to a last minute correction it doesn’t crash into the ground, but drags on the snow for several miles before finally coming[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
When the lightning smashes through the window to reach Noriko, the Core’s anti-duplication field falters. The interference lasts only a moment, but Kari can create duplicates in the blink of an eye. A new Kari pops into existence right in[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Nineteen years ago Bob Null’s life changed one Friday afternoon, coming home from high school. Someone was waiting for him. It was a Japanese schoolgirl, complete with uniform, holding a suitcase in her hands. The petite and demure Asian wasn’t[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Scion Corporation Headquarters Tokyo, Japan Noriko Null looks up to the top of the building. Brand new, old-fashioned and imposing: Scion couldn’t ask for a more accurate image. <It’s much bigger than our skyscraper> Kari says with her typical enthusiasm.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
