Abstract:
In this collection of postmodern science fiction in the formalist vein of Ted Chiang and
Ursula K. LeGuin, a convict on the run, a ship captain, a corrupt politician, and an android princess
are caught up in the complexities of life in the Omega Cluster. The Omega Cluster is a sector of
space, home to hundreds of species from varied political ideologies, religious backgrounds, and
cultural beliefs. The landscape of this sector is forever changing be it by beings from another
dimension or ambassadors from a realm of space called the Veil making it difficult for one to
thrive.
