"Dr. Spencer Brownfield, an elderly, disgraced former professor, believes that for thirty years he has been the sole person standing between New York City and complete cataclysmic collapse via his 'adjustments' - tiny, Butterfly-Effect-like changes he makes to the city. Now, though, he is dying, and disaster looms over New York. Enter Heller Wilson, a brilliant mathematics student, who discovers the theories of this ailing, perhaps insane, genius....

"Blast from the past. Shiki, Rebecca, and Happy have gone to the planet Norma in the hopes of getting a bigger ship from an old friend, Professor Weisz. But when they get there, they see outdated technology and an unfamiliar city...and the only sign of the professor is a mysterious young man going by the same name. What's more, he's gotten himself into some trouble with the toughest gang on the planet--and neither side is going down without a fight!"--...