From the very beginning of writing this story, I was fascinated by the idea of engineering silence—what it would mean to construct a chamber so quiet, so perfectly insulated, that a human mind might begin to touch something truly unknown. This is the evolution of the Meditation Core as seen…
Sometimes I step back and listen to my characters, and it’s as if they’re more real than I am; in a matrix-kinda-way, they are all real. So here, I’m handing the mic to Nilima, the captain of the Anarva. She’s smarter than me, and definitely more awesome than me.– Manoj K.…