A middle-aged widower, his old flame, her jealous husband and their families. Ordinary people attempt to deal with jealousy and its aftermath while trying to be true to their own moral code. Perhaps they make mistakes, being human. The title translates as 'Love conquers all things,' [Virgil Eclogues 10]. Does love conquer all here? This story is slow even by my standards.
Marianne Riedasel arrived on Earth from the three plus gravity planet Telchines in August of 3995 to attend the Mine Engineering Course at the most the most prestigious mining school available, the Colorado School of Mines. There she discovers that her upbringing and strength are both an asset and a liability. The story follows her adventures at school with her new friend, Will Rugelery.
A Naomi's Journal Story What with the heavy snow, Naomi and Nils spend the day around the house playing with the pets, playing with each other, building a snowman, fucking. Illustrated.
An Addison's World Story An orphan becomes a tree hugger but not like the others. Where they hunt the trees he goes deeper into the heart and explores the ground. When the leader of poachers decides to bring others to hunt his land, his house is destroyed and he is hunted. Only this is his world and he knows the dangers more than anyone else.
The Wolfians realize that they have found a unique structure far beyond anything that their technology can duplicate. This is the story of their exploration of only a portion of the Dyson Sphere and how they contribute to the continued viability of the structure. Why explore only a portion of the structure? Consider that this is a sphere 200 million kilometers in diameter! The Wolfians claimed 0.23% of the area, and this is on the order of 1,706 times the size of all of the land area of Earth.