Universe Description
The story of the first two novels takes place in the 1990s, while this storyline moves on to 2130s. The following description applies to the first two novels.
Our galaxy contains a huge number of worlds inhabited by sentient beings. For most civilizations, interstellar travel, including FTL travel, is routine part of life. As civilizations are constantly in contact with one another, their levels of technological development are roughly the same.
There are, of course, more primitive worlds, whose people are unable to leave their system, and who do not even suspect that the galaxy is full of life. Earth is one such planet.
Read more about this topic: A Lord From Planet Earth
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