Martin’s House - Kitchen
- Living room
- Dining room
- Billiard room
- Basement
- Garage The primary location for first contact and much of the early story.
The Sci Fi Convention (Long Island) - Parking lots, vendor rooms, cosplay crowds — the chaotic, colorful backdrop for Aki’s arrival.
South Belmont Junior High School - Classrooms, hallways, faculty lounge, gym, bleachers, and the bike shed. A major setting for character development and the rescue of the Khymeran children.
The Purple Crow Bar - Where Martin’s personal life collides with public rumor and chaos.
St. Cabrini Church & Village Center - Refugee processing site for the Khymera; later attacked by the Phack.
Republic Airport - Another refugee site and a major battleground.
Local Long Island Suburbs - Roads, strip malls, supermarkets, train stations — the familiar world destabilized by alien arrival.
**Alien & Off World Settings**
Onturo - Homeworld of the Khymera. Described through holograms: castles, gardens, forests, and advanced technology.
The Quarantine Sphere - A massive photonic barrier surrounding the solar system, hiding the galaxy from humanity.
Ossifay - A war torn planet where the Thinmen battle the Phack. Martin and Nancy are stranded here during the climax.
The Edge of Existence - A metaphysical location from Martin’s novels — later revealed to have real analogues in the galaxy.
**Conceptual / Metaphysical Settings**
The Reality Field - Martin’s metaphysical construct separating the physical universe from the realm of thought, memory, soul, and imagination.
Thoughtland - The spiritual/metaphysical space where ideas, souls, and fictional constructs exist — including Sarah Connor’s “voice.”
