The Spiral Book

The Five HumansBy Kevin Lacoste

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The Spiral Book: The Five Humans is a science-fantasy epic set 8,000 years in the future. The Aurimion civilization has flourished under the mysterious guidance of the Astors—until 3% of the galaxy vanishes without warning. To uncover the truth, five unlikely travelers are brought together: Marco, Tsuki, Inky, Berta, and Spalia. Across lost worlds, ancient powers, strange civilizations, and truths beyond comprehension, they must face a mystery that could reshape the Spiral itself.

Space Opera Futuristic Time Travel Artificial Intelligence Genetic Engineering Mystery Conspiracy Identity Political Intrigue Alternate Universe Gods & Mortals

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GenreScience Fiction, Fantasy

Length19 hrs 17 mins

Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices

FormateBook with Audio

Publish dateFeb 6, 2025

LanguageEnglish

1Introduction

26Chapter 12. A Girl and Her Robot

2Maps and Compendium

27Chapter 13. The Moon Child

31. General regions map

28Chapter 14. Cycles

4Map description: This map shows the Spiral as a galaxy divided into large cultural, political, and territorial regions. The central inhabited zone contains Orion Earth, the Felican Society, the Crea Chanceries, and the Synth Interstile. Around them are broader and more unstable regions: the Synth Wall on the left side of the Spiral, the Uncharted Territories closer to the center, the Frontier above, the Demonic Periphery to the right, and the Queendom below. Near the lower right appears the Overlap, close to the Heart of the Aurimion. The colored areas are not clean borders, but overlapping zones of influence, presence, tension, and history.

29Chapter 15. Water and Oil

5Map description: This map shows the main worlds of the Spiral, placed across a galactic background. Earth appears near the dense inner neighborhood, close to Oril, Koyolo, Keledlis, Filot, Sfix, Abri, Utoli, and Uminoken. Other worlds are spread along the arms and outer regions, including Bor, Martodel, Reng, Sintafer, Pamoja, Vilkenior, Shk, Panacavor, Pinikin, Olom, Tiw, I’Laar, Ionaum, Relikom, Xiomaria, Levre, Prug, Crecimas, Jiodez, Domikval, Yoni, Hura, and Omeocasti. The map gives the impression of a crowded and uneven galaxy, where Earth is important, but not alone, and where many worlds belong to different regions, traditions, and histories.: 3. Taxonomy of the Three Humans

30Chapter 16. Uneasy Alliance

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6Diagram description: This diagram is titled “Population of the Aurimion.” At the center are the Three Humans, connected to three large families of beings: Synths, Creas, and Intus. The Synth side includes artificial, protocol-based, modified, or system-related beings, such as OOTs, Focused, Logista, GMPSS, Prints, animaSofts, Grafters, Rogues, Chimeras, Copies, creaSofts, Maws, and Hybrids. The Crea side includes created and interface-based beings, as well as avatars, purests, neutrals, antatics, tingalians, and a large demon grouping with fiends, angels, elves, monsters, and related forms. The Intus side includes animal, spiritual, biological, and awareness-based populations, including Linked Animals, the Felican Society, Enhanced Animals, Primals, Rising Species, Aquatic Awareness Networks, Feralists, Revengers, and Devolved beings. A thick black line marks the Galactic Modification and Preservation Act, suggesting that this whole population system is not only biological or cultural,: 4. Crea population density

31Chapter 17. Inner turmoil

7Map description: This map shows Crea population density across the Spiral. The legend marks scarce presence in gold, peripheral presence in red, and high density in pink. The strongest Crea concentrations appear around Earth and the nearby inner region, with other important zones near Oril and along several main arms of the galaxy. The map labels the Outer Arm, the Orion Spur, the Archer Arm, the Knight Arm, the Ruling Swan Arm, and the Shielded Centaur Arm. Overall, the Crea presence looks warm, dense, and clustered around certain inhabited zones, but it also extends outward through irregular bands across the Spiral.: 5. Intu population density

32Chapter 18. Tantrum?

8Map description: This map shows Intu population density across the Spiral. The legend marks scarce presence in pale pink, peripheral presence in purple, and high density in bright magenta. The highest Intu density appears around Earth and its surrounding neighborhood, with smaller concentrations near Oril, Pinikin, Bor, and other points along the galactic arms. Compared with the broader galactic structure, the Intu presence appears more concentrated and patchy, gathering around specific worlds and inhabited clusters rather than spreading evenly everywhere.: 6. Synth population density

33Chapter 19. Alchemy

9Map description: This map shows Synth population density across the Spiral. The legend marks scarce presence in turquoise, peripheral presence in blue, and high density in darker blue. Synth presence spreads widely across the galaxy, especially through broad outer bands and interstitial regions. There are also denser pockets around the left side of the map, the inner spiral, Oril, and several marked arms. Compared with the Crea and Intu maps, the Synth distribution feels more extended, infrastructural, and border-like, as if Synth presence moves through systems, walls, passages, and connective spaces rather than only through traditional worlds.

34Chapter 20. Forecast

10Preface

35Chapter 21. STORM

11Glossary

36Chapter 22. BLOOM

12Chapter 0. Potato Man

37Chapter 23. ERASED

13PART 1. AURIMION

38Chapter 24. SU.o.BLI.vion.ME

14Chapter 1. The Spiral

39INTERLUDE

15Chapter 2. Coffee