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With Hollywood screenwriter Damien Ober's name displayed on its enticing onyx-shaded jacket, readers are in for a strange and compelling tale with his first foray into space fantasy titled "Voidverse" (Saga Press). I mean, what else could you expect from one of the writers of Netflix’s cult supernatural mystery series, "The OA"?"Voidverse's" sci-fi western narrative is told across multiple protagonists amid an uncanny universe where people live on falling rock worlds, stacked vertically in an infinite emptiness. Inside this vast, mysterious void, denizens of the realm may explore these locales by either Rising or Sinking. Within the void, a girl named Sinker teams up with a mother seeking a cure for her sick son, and together they learn of an evil entity systematically destroying the stone lands."'Voidverse' first came to me in a dream, way back in 2004," Ober tells Space. "Soon after, I wrote what would become the first chapter of the novel and started to flesh out the rest in notebooks and other little side writing projects. By the time I was working on 'The OA,' what would become 'Voidverse' was pretty far along, though still far away too. I had to move to LA for the job and brought my typewriter. I’d get up early and bang on 'Voidverse' before work and stay up late too. I’m sure my neighbors loved me."'The OA' was the perfect environment for me and for the novel right then. It was definitely a show that not only encouraged out-of-the-box thinking — on structure, character, tone, everything — but required it. What always impressed me most about the show was the amazing diversity of its fanbase. People of all kinds loved that show, from football jocks to kitty nanas."
