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beyond mars moon shaman space

This story is done.

It is a sequel to "...And We Will Have Snow," a continuation of the Culver family history, a story of shamans dealing with modern reality. 

Don't you agree we should have someplace to go if the climate catastrophe gets too intense?

Flying their drones to the Moon, Mars, and beyond, Sedna and Newt join other explorers following the call of the unknown. 

As always, the first explorers are often loners, bent on escaping the frustrations of civilized existence. But as ever they are soon followed by settlers, who also yearn for wide open spaces but do not care for the risks of going it alone.

How does this work out in a world where going it alone at first means flying off in a drone body?  Life is essentially divided into three shift, one for sleeping, one for eating and other essentials, and one for flying a drone powered by a dark matter engine and connected by a link using QAR: quantum augmented reality.

Only later will humans trust their own mortal bodies to the new worlds built for them by drones.All Rights Reserved

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