A look at the close and distant future as humanity is scattered across the galaxy by the Cre-Xy. Humanity now tries to find a way to be reunited once again.
A story in the The Universe from a future where humans and sentient AIs meet as legal equals and chosen partners
In 2285, college student Janice Frederick receives what appears to be a straightforward assignment: explain how synthetic sentience emerged and transformed civilization. But Professor James Wilson does not want a timeline of inventions and court decisions. He wants the people the timeline forgot. Janice’s search carries her through more than a century of human and technological change—from life-extension research and controlled fusion to optical memory, asteroid mining, artificial intelligence
After years of sibling rivalry with her dog-loving brother, Sarah illegally gene-edits her cat Rocky to never sleep, unleashing a feline that begins quietly consolidating power over the neighborhood, the country, and the world. Caution: Animals were harmed in this story.