“The highest function of science is to give us an understanding of consequences.” — Paul B. Sears, Ecologist
The setting for this story seems like Earth but it is not. The explanation is provided within.
This story grew out of several questions that arose for me while writing The Construct and The Shepherd. Based on what I had written about her, what had the home planet of The Shepherd been like? How had she come into being? What had happened to her home world? Why did she behave as she did? This story will answer those questions.
Again, to help with imagining the characters, I have included my own “casting” using well-known actors. The casting is not based on their respective bodies of work or anything to do with their personal lives, but purely on their physical appearance which I found useful during the writing process but subsequently grew attached to.
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— December, 2020
Alpha & Omega 