The Mathematician's Lament
Years before Molly, Lex, Diego and Karl found a new home and new purpose in Everwhere, Doctor Julius Langstrom was a simple academic dedicated to understanding the fundamental forces of the universe. When his nephew Rene and Rene's friend Lucrezia come to visit, Langstrom shows them his latest theory: that there may exist other worlds than these, ripe for the taking. But what starts as a hesitant experimental jaunt becomes something much more dangerous when the trio come into contact with a mysterious being known as The Grand Architect, a mind without a body capable of bending the world to one's dreams...or nightmares. This is the birth of The Everwhere, but in a world without Wills and Ways, and no easy way to return home or take charge of this strange new frontier.
Book Four in The Everwhere Cycle
Reviews of The Mathematician's Lament:
"E. Stapleton does it again." -M. Washington, The Virtue Times
"Hauntingly dreamlike, ideologically pure." -G. Kasita, District 3 Culture Beat
"A perfect worldview for children and parents who are still kids at heart." -T. Sugimoto, Simple Steward Living
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