In 2681, Ranulf is the Supreme Pontiff of the Empire of Rome. Based in Alexandria, Ranulf is a curious ruler despite the regimented society in which he lives. Privately educated, he has always possessed an inquisitive mind: "What is the law and who decides?" he wants to ask his tutor at a young age, though he resists the urge. Ranulf grows suspicious of the powerful bureaucrats known as the Librarians, a group whose "precepts and principles" he has long been forced to study. What might the...

Restoring the Republic provides a thorough enough understanding of politics for anyone to grasp the consequences of remaining disconnected from or tenuously connected to the public sphere. It demonstrates the importance for all citizens to participate now and in the future in the political sphere. It describes some of the paths that can be taken if enough citizens participate in a united movement to change the political system of the United States of America. It explains why it is necessar...

The Storytellers conduct forums to present stories from other worlds. They find humanity's extraterrestrial adventures enjoyable albeit somewhat ridiculous. Their latest gathering concerns events on a planet called Xavier. Throughout the story, they interject information and observations like a Greek chorus.Devon works with the lifeforms native to Xavier. He has reservations about how humans are changing the environment and disturbing evolution. He explores the seemingly unlimited p...

An eighteen-year-old enters a bunker in western Massachusetts. She reawakens an emergent behavior artificial intelligence placed in the vault five days after she was born. The machine introduces itself as Arthur; she was intended to resurrect the AI after it had been murdered by its creator, Adam Eli Nilo, her maternal grandfather's father. Dr. Nilo's efforts to save humanity from self-destruction using advanced technologies such as AI and genetic manipulation all lead to more problems tha...