Soltan Ephemeris Illustration

In Stranger Skies takes place in a part of Calidar’s universe called the Soltan Ephemeris, named for the sun at its center. It includes three native planets and their moons, as well as a sparse asteroid belt on the outskirts called the Fringe. A fourth planet, an artificial alien world, also gravitates through the Soltan Ephemeris on an off-center, elliptical orbit, taking it well past the limits of the Fringe.

All these worlds possess living souls that generate magic. Each world soul affects people and their gods in different ways, as well as the world’s laws of physics. Although most civilizations are able to sail between worlds, each does so using its own methods. The magic enabling travel through space’s Great Vault limits who can do so, how often they are able to do so, and how far they can go. None of the native civilizations have the power to journey beyond the confines of the Soltan Ephemeris.

 from CAL1 In Stranger Skies, by Bruce Heard

Map (March 2017)

The Soltan Ephemeris Illustration
The Soltan Ephemeris Illustration (Starfield credit: NASA, ESA, SSC, CXC and STScI.)

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