The Nexus Chronicles
It's a brand new series, and I'm obsessed with it!
What is the Nexus?
Well, basically, the Nexus is the sentient barrier between the Realms that orbit Earth. Not in space, on a planar level. Those realms do a complicated dance, moving and never touching. There are places where they get close, and in those places, things sometimes crossover. These are things like humans gaining psychic powers (Echo Realm), or unexplained storms that are not natural (Storm Realm). There are the Dark Realm crossovers that people whisper about, shadows that move and more. And with the Verdant Realm, strange creatures sometimes appear, and the flora grows where it shouldn’t.
That’s all well and good, right, but why is the Nexus important? Well, because humans can’t help but mess with things best left alone, and they do it in this future world.
They build a machine called a Quantum Energy Bridge Stabilizer. (QEBS). It is meant to solve the energy crisis, and they are tapping into what they think is a substrate of infinite energy. They believe they have found the end to global energy issues, and they move ahead despite desperate warnings from one man.
Finley MacMillan is a genius, and no one will doubt that. He has a doctorate in quantum physics and one in ancient civilizations/archelogy. He has evidence that the Nexus is alive, and that doing this will lead to disaster.
No one believes him, and they power on the QEBS.
The realms are pulled downward to Earth, which is the anchor point of all the realms. The Nexus tears open, leading to breaches forming from the other realms into Earth. The Nexus, which is sentient, does what it can, and seals the breaches going back to the other realms, but it cannot seal the other aspects.
But at the implosion of the QEBS, something amazing happens, and that something will save the world. And, if he can be convinced to help, Finley’s son, Alastair, may be the one to make it happen.