Editing Feersum Endjinn (section)

==Setting==

The book is set on a far future [[Earth]] where the [[mind uploading|uploading of mindstate]]s into a world-spanning [[computer network]] (known as "Cryptosphere", "the Data Corpus", or simply "Crypt") is commonplace, allowing the dead to be easily [[reincarnation|reincarnated]], a set number of times, first physically and then virtually within the crypt.  The crypt has become increasingly chaotic, causing much concern within society. Much of the story takes place within a giant, decaying [[megastructure]] known as the "Fastness" or "Serehfa" built to resemble a medieval castle, in which each "room" spans several kilometers horizontally and vertically, and King Adijine's palace occupies one room's chandelier. The structure used to be a [[space elevator]], left behind by the ancestors of those who remained on Earth, with the circuitry of the crypt built into its structure. The world is in crisis as the [[Solar System]] is slowly drifting into an [[Outer space#Interstellar space|interstellar]] [[molecular cloud]] ("the Encroachment"), which will eventually dim and then destroy the Sun, ending life on Earth.