The Alternate Reality of The Cluster Series

The Cluster series has a "quantum-Platonic" topology that allows, among other things, faster-than-light travel. ... more

... Perturbations Of The Reality Field   

• The Cluster

... tens of thousands of stars, about 1/4 ly apart, radius of Cluster is 5 ly

... older civilizations/stars are closer to the center ... more time to adapt, they are already survivors, alliances, federations, greater knowledge of the Cluster ... they have more advanced sub-light ships ... they can plunder the new stars as if they were primitive islands ... but still no FTL.

... new stars are on the periphery ... on their own, easy prey, fear


• Heaven?

Once thoughts move away from the Borderland they can combine and merge and grow. They no longer belong to an individual.


• The Empire is an older civilization deep inside the Cluster. ... more
• The Ships
  • ... the Royal Galleon
  • ... the Hunter-Gatherer
  • ... Joe's Escape
• The Mansions
  • ... Yuri's mansion
  • ... Katie's house
  • ... Sen. Huang's house
• Joe's garage

... A Trojan Horse Inside A Paper Moon   

• The Farm ...
• The Governor’s Residence ... the penthouse of a New York skyscraper bordering Central Park ... moves upstate to Government House
• Pluto ... ceded to the Wanderers by Senator Huang ... tents
• The Mall ...
• The Noahs ...