The Alternate Reality of The Spirit Cloud Series
The Spirit Cloud series needs a place for the reincarnated souls to come from. ... more
... The Strange Reincarnation Of Lucinda Tarne
- Lburg ... a small university town
- Gerry's loft ... above an old stable
- The dry cleaner's ... Gerry, his mother, and his aunt live upstairs
- Gerry's office at VIA Inc. ... in the subbasement
- Wayne's house ... outside Lburg ... farmhouse and barn
... Wonderball Apocalypse
- VIA - Versatile Intelligent Assistants, Inc. Auditorium
- VIA - Versatile Intelligent Assistants, Inc. Wonderball factory near Mexico City
- Wayne's house ... outside Lburg ... farmhouse and barn
- Lueder's family apartment ... Frankfurt, Germany
- Bang Shen factory ... China
- Bucharest, Romania ... Mother Iolanda's apartment
- Mosque and cafe
- Karakorum Highway
- Jihadi's mountain training camp
- Buddhist monastery
- Hotan farmer's market
- The Silkroad between Hotan and Golmud
- Apartment garage in Golmud ... where the Little Comrades are sold
- VIA factory in Hong Kong ... where Gerry controls the factory robot
- Gamers' lounge in Hong Kong
- Aboard the sloop Rescue ... across the South China sea
- Manilla ... where the Wonderballs are paraded to their deaths
- San Diego convention center ... where Diego Robitz sets up his display
- The Sunset Raven ... Pacific Beach, San Diego
- The Farm ... cartel run Wonderball growfarm
- Denver suburbs ... where the cartel's Wonderballs are delivered
- Tonganoxie, Kansas ... its jail, and the twister wrecked town
- Truck stop ... where the hijacking takes place
- Memphis, Tennessee ... Granny Lebeuf's house
- The Cave
- Wayne's house ... outside Lburg ... farmhouse and barn
"The city buildings were decorated for Christmas. The ding-ding-ding of the streetcars, the strassenbahns, reminded him of the trolleys passing his mother’s dry cleaners." |
 "While still daylight, Gerry watched the line of campers, busses, and Pakistani jingle trucks behind them. Every inch of the trucks was decorated in red, gold, blue, and green symbols amid lights, mirrors, balls, and bells. Even the hubs of their three axles were painted. They all snaked their way up and up and up, around the switchbacks, below the overhanging rocks, slowing whenever two larger vehicles needed to pass each other on the narrower parts of the roadway. The only level stretches were the Chinese-Pakistani friendship tunnels, the occasional bridges crossing the rocky river bed, and the main streets of the scattered villages." |
 "The family woke early and climbed up to a monastery carrying the Wonderball like a religious relic. Strings of prayer flags fluttered above their path along the way. The upper half of the trail was snow covered and it took all morning to reach the half dozen buildings clinging to the side of a cliff. The wood panels of the door were painted dark red and were trimmed with a golden pattern. Several scarves hung from the door handles, their colors matching the prayer flags: red, yellow, white, blue and green." |
 They lifted out a small robot that looked like a Little Comrade with wheels instead of legs. “It has lots of uses, but if you are handicapped or bedridden, this little guy can bring you a bowl of soup or a beer. I call him Yori. The visitors can try it out either with the remote touch screen or the brainwave reader headset. |