The remaining Bobs’ opposition to this “prime directive” serves as a source of escalating conflict, and subsequently prods starfleet to sabotage significant parts of the Bobiverse infrastructure. While all this happens, the Bobiverse itself is splintering.ĭirectly transplanting the idea from Star Trek, a group of Bob descendants known as “starfleet” are campaigning for the prohibition of interference in the many civilizations discovered since the early days of Bobiverse. The team starts hatching a convoluted infiltration and reconnaissance plan, complete with semi-autonomous suits designed to mimic the local sentient population. Giving up the illusion of solitude, Bob immediately teams up with a few of his other descendants over the FTL communication lines.Īfter some speculation, it is determined that Bender was ambushed and taken inside the large Dyson ring, dubbed “Heaven’s River”. We then see Bob follow Bender’s subspace trail across the galaxy.Īfter traveling for a few light-years, he comes across another solar system, an alien mega-structure around its sun, and the remains of Bender’s ship. Since the plot is decoupled from the events in the first three books, the author must spend some time setting up the concepts for any new readers. It picks up a tangent of the first book where a Bob descendant named Bender sets out to travel into deep space without any means of FTL communication. As the latest entry in the Bobiverse series, Heaven’s River is a departure in narrative and length.

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