What can be worse than finding out that your friends betrayed you? You can lose them all and get stuck in a world full of aliens who all hate you because you unleashed destruction onto their home. Jack was not having a good day.When the destruction of Earth causes Jack to be sucked through a worm-hole into a different, more innocent universe, the protagonists, all ruminating about their own personal lows, are thrown together to save the world. But Jack did not come alone, a Dark Entity followed him through and is using him as a foothold in the new universe, poisoning the AOnne, the net connecting all life, in the process.Seemingly insurmountable odds force the characters to confront the traumas and conflicts of their lives, interrupted by frantic action but also tender moments and love: Mack and Farrah have to come to terms with their relationship within the complex Hegorn society, where 3 spouses are the rule for both sexes, Avanka makes first experiences with boys which do not turn out well at all, while Jack is trying to get over losing everything and everyone he ever loved. In the process they transform and grow into a team that gives the bad guys a run for their money.They are helped by an unlikely combination of friends, which ranges from a flying dinosaur, to an intelligent school of carp, to a philosophizing but ever miserable mushroom and its symbiont, the tree Deanna, with culture clashes that produce hilarious results.But evil is strong and has long roots, friends turn out to be have rotted in their core unnoticed, motives previously hidden by politeness come to light when given the opportunity.And then there is the soul of the universe itself, which has a mind of its own...
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