The Intrinsic Enthalpy Facility is host to an experiment that seeks to blur the line between Heaven and Earth. But when the critical point of no return is passed, thing unravel in quite an unbeliavable fashion.
Humanity was forced to seek the stars. Destined to lead mankind into an ever expanding presence, the inhabitants of HD 85512 b have known no other rule than those of the benevolent machines. The same machines that brought their ancestors there hundreds of years before. But what is man if he isn't free? What is man without being able to choose for himself? Ask yourselves the same question and remember: Whom do you love the most?
Sam is convinced that he can create a 'perpetual computer' design that will work forever without any energy source. Steve is supportive but skeptical, and eventually their ways part.
Ransoms rarely succeed because of the difficulty in the drop. But what if a solution can be found to this critical point. And what if the thing ransomed is not a person but a bridge! A bridge that no politician wants to go down in history as being the one responsible for its loss.
Pansy Moss lives in a world where no one has any choice. Everything has been the same for thousands of years. No one has ventured outside of their small continent. There are legends that there are other people out there, other continents. She wants to find the other continents to prove to everyone that she isn't just another girl, but why would she want to leave her seemingly perfect world? Soon pansy has to make a decision that could change her world for the better or for the worse.