Non-Fiction

COMMENTARY ON THE KEPLER DECLARATION OF MORTAL COMMITMENTS

The Kepler Declaration of Mortal Commitments is a set of broad commitments and it is a living document, reflective of the common and universal knowledge of humankind to this date. The following commentary on the Mortal Commitments is a collection of current guidance from the Gandhian Society of Mortal Human

EXCERPT FROM MEA CULPA: EARTH’S INTERGALACTIC MESS UP

It may be that the temptation of immortal life will always be too strong for ordinary precaution. In the beginning, scientists foolishly believed that red eyes were the only negative consequence to the Immortality Virus, and we Earthlings were so excited about it that numerous programs sprang up to take

EXCERPT FROM THE BOOK OF MAGIC

By Bosley Pinkerton You may have heard that Keplerian magic is distributed unevenly, to a mere ten percent of the Mortal Kepler population. That is a myth! Magic is innate to all Mortals—and may be accessible to Immortals as well—if we are only willing to reach deep within ourselves to

EXCERPT FROM THE EVOLUTION OF KEPLERIAN EXTRASENSORY ABILITIES

Though colloquially referred to as “magic,” the extrasensory abilities expressed in human Mortals on Kepler are, in fact, rare, scientifically explainable traits caused by genetic mutation. Similar mutations are responsible for cases of enhanced vision and auditory capabilities, increased receptiveness to smell and taste, and certain skin sensitivities common to

EXCERPT FROM FALLING FAST FROM EAST TO WEST

The first record of magic on Kepler dates to the year 76 AAH (After Arrival of Humans), when Birch Talon fell while climbing the ridges of the Eastern Plateaus and avoided injury by controlling the air to slow her fall. The aerodynamic tendency was later exercised by both Talon’s son

EXCERPT FROM THE GANDHI MEDICAL CENTER DISEASE TREATISE, 2ND ED.

Section III, Viruses. Chapter 5, The Immortality Virus. General. Discovered on Earth by cancer researchers in the 21st century, the Immortality Virus (IV-933) is a highly engineered hybrid virus combining elements of human immunodeficiency virus with influenza. IV-933 is transmitted sexually and via blood. A child born from an Immortal