Aquilia, 25.000 light-years from Earth Kari’s duplicate is walking the streets of the city, receiving conflicting information about how technologically advanced this planet is. There are no vehicles anywhere to be seen: they are still using horses and carriages. But[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Arcadia Planitia, Mars The red sand floating in the air gravitates towards the StarScourge, as the black sword absorbs anything it comes into contact with. The same electromagnetic field that is preventing the sword from swallowing the planet is responsible[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Asgard Station, Null Zone Dmitry Voron yawns as he checks the bio-monitors for what feels like the thousandth time. According to the instrumentation inside the transparent cylinder that contains the body of Leral, the Lampyrian is holding up remarkably well.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Washington D.C., Earth When he accepted a job in the new administration, Todd Slate didn’t expect having to deal with a crisis just days after the new Department of Homeworld Security was officially established. But with the appearance of a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Las Vegas, Earth Most gods would rather be dead that walk among mortals without being recognized as deities, but Tyche is a little different. Maybe that’s because her father Hermes kept her away from the spotlight for millennia, but from[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Five miles west of Cactus Springs, Nevada The road cuts through a vast expanse of flat, lower-elevation Mojave Desert scrub. There’s nothing of interest here, especially because the Lar spaceship that landed during the night is currently invisible thanks to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Null Tower, New York City Noriko Null is sitting on the medical bed, looking away while Dr. Catherine Kalama inspects her left arm. Despite having the entirety of Earth’s medical knowledge in her head, Noriko really doesn’t like taking a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Null Tower, New York City Wearing only a towel, Noriko Null opens her closet: she doesn’t have much choice between the pile of identical black T-shirts with the white Ø symbol and the row of green leather jackets. She undresses[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Stockholm City Hall, Sweden The Nobel Banquet is obviously a highly publicized event, but very rarely it can hold the interest of the general press. This year is different: there are very important scientists and diplomats in the Blue Hall,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
There are more than seven billion people on Earth. Millions of different points of view, beliefs and experiences. But today, on every continent, all of them feel the same thing: cold. Less than one hour after the Winter King has[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
