Axis

Axis plunges readers into the 'World Next Door,' a planet meticulously engineered by the mysterious Hypotheticals and connected to Earth by the towering Arch over the Indian Ocean. While humanity colonizes and exploits its vast oil reserves, particularly in the deserts of Equatoria, deep mysteries begin to unravel. Lise Adams is on a quest to uncover the truth behind her father's disappearance a decade prior, and her path intertwines with Turk Findley, a nomadic ex-sailor. Their fates become irrevocably linked when an 'infall' of cometary dust seeds the planet with enigmatic Hypothetical machines. Joined by a Martian woman and a boy uniquely engineered to communicate with the Hypotheticals, the unlikely group is drawn into a perilous journey. In the heart of the desert, their seemingly familiar world twists into something profoundly alien, where the very nature of time is manipulated by unseen forces, challenging their understanding of reality and the universe itself.