Building the Arc: Twelve Races, One Very Busy Galaxy

When I first started working on Talaria Voyages , I knew I wanted the setting to feel big. Not just in the sense that space is big . I wanted the kind of galaxy where the characters could leave one system behind and have no idea what they might run into in the next one. I liked the feel of The Expanse , where crossing to the next civilized planet was like crossing an ocean. But had to balance that…