It is believed that these people were constructed by macroscopic humans. The Upfluxers have a faith in the mysterious and superhuman race of the Xeelee. After many generations the Upfluxers are driven from their makeshift homes by an unnatural magnetic storm. Luckily a few are brought back to Parz City and the groups are reunited. Things get worse.
People get desperate.
Soon Parz City itself is threatened with destruction. Unlike most hard science fiction authors, Stephen utilises his imagination to create totally original alien worlds and civilisations. His vivid imagination skirts along the boundaries of the fantastical, moulding and integrating modern science into the front- line of the story. Also, with Flux, the author deviates from the more conventional forms of science fiction. For example, there are graphically described scenes where people are torn inside out, or are dissolved by neutron excesses in the Quantum Sea.