Introduction

This story starts with a kid watching television who heard the theory that the Earth will be consumed by the sun. The fear of this caused an incredible journey, from the Moon to the center of The Milky Way, and the inventions of a group of people that made the journey possible.

Main Character and Inventions

Joseph Stine is the main character; he developed a new computer system using Nanites. He called the system MANN. This system morphs into the main character over thousands of years of evolution of the Nanites. This happened due to Joe experimenting on himself with medical Nanites to keep him strong and healthy.

Control and Conflict

He sold a copy of MANN to the U.S. government, but felt he needed a way to control MANN and MANN 2. He creates a Special Nanite, implanted into himself and his daughter Crystal. Joe wanted to use Nanites for the good of mankind, but Crystal was not so inclined.

Space Journey and Personal Struggles

Joe goes to the far reaches of space, while Crystal stays behind on Earth and becomes a dictator, but was killed by an act of God. That bothered Joe, and he would think of it often. On the spacecraft named "Home," Joe and the crew slept for 20 years in a Hypercell and would wake up for a week at a time. Over hundreds of years, Joe convinced the crew to agree to enhancing themselves with Nanites for their health and wellbeing. They agree, and their evolution begins.

Colonization and Encounters

They colonize a planet and find life on exo-planets, some odd, some awfully familiar. Alien life that had depleted their home planet of everything and was forced to recycle minerals and everything they needed from other places. In order for Joe to get their technology, he infected them with Nanites, speeding transportation to faster than the speed of light.

Evolution and Final Encounter

A thousand years later, Joe no longer existed and had become Special. Special then evolves into a mass of Nanites, and after a few thousand years, they try to return to Earth. But something was keeping them away. Special makes a final attempt to escape to the gravity of Sagittarius A* when it meets God.