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Synopsis: Neogenesis is the first of a series of books about the Avatars of Christ in the far-flung future. This book does not make the connection to Jesus clear in any way however. It begins with the birth of Aedon Anders on the third planet in the Rimwald (fictitious system) solar system in Spica sector. This star is a remnant of a formerly binary system that was comprised of a small red dwarf – brown dwarf pair. A collision between a wandering planet-sized asteroid and the brown companion resulted in a binary orbital collapse and the twin stars merged. Though small, the red dwarf was considerably more massive than the brown and as such the collision did not appreciably alter the orbital velocity of the red. However the added fuel from the brown rejuvenated the red which contracted due to the increased gravity and after some stellar gymnastics settled down into its new life as a main sequence yellow-white F7 class star. Additionally this collision had significant gravitational consequences. The more massive star exerted greater force on the surviving planets and other orbital bodies. Retrospective astronomy shows what is now called Rimwald 3 was the 7th terrestrial planet in this system. The primary star in this binary system grew to consume the orbits of the inner planets as it aged. However the merger of Rimwald-A with Rimwald-B also resulted in a reduction in the new star’s diameter. This was partly because of the greater core gravity of the new star and partly because of the material ejection caused by the collision. The net result being that Rimwald 7 found itself both relocated to what is known as the biosphere and renamed to Rimwald 3. This ejection of, essentially spent solar fuel, was expelled non-uniformly; creating a region in Rimwald’s solar environment of intense radiation. This region moved about the new star in its own orbit, Rimwald 3 was right in the midst of it. The result of all this stellar physics is a planet bathed in a superabundance of electromagnetic energy, a high degree of variation in the local strength of this energy field, and a intense if non uniform radiation flux on a planetary scale. There was life on Rimwald 3, whether it existed prior to this stellar cataclysm is unknown. What we know about habitability of planets suggests that Rimwald 7 could have sustained life if it had existed within the biosphere initially. However what we know about habitability suggests that Rimwald 3 would be habitable only if technological supports were available. Moreover we know that a colony ship crashed landed on the planet a few thousand years prior to the beginning of the Great War with Altea. Their descendants still thrive there; and according to their written histories, there was life on the planet when they arrived.