This is the story of M. Francisco Fabrigas explorer philosopher heretical physicist who took a shipful of children on a frightening voyage to the next dimension assisted by a teenaged Captain a brave deaf boy a cunning blind girl and a sultry botanist all the while pursued by the Pope of the universe and a well-dressed mesmerist. Dark plots demonic cults murderous jungles quantum mayhem the birth of creation the death of time and a creature called the Sweety: all this and more waits beyond the veil of reality.