"If you havent read Galouye, Project Barrier is a fine place to start."-Mike Resnick

Here is a unique collection from a distinctive author whose works include such classic titles as Dark Universe and Similacron-3. Project Barrier showcases five loosely-connected stories, never before published in the U.S.

In "Rub-a-Dub" Galouye helps us explore what it is that makes us human, in a future were advanced technologies can copy a persons mental imprint - or is it their soul? - into someone elses body. And in "Shuffle Board," we leap forward into a potential future that explores the...

Milton Bradford is a very special man. God, the Creative Force, resides within him.

The Creative Force is hiding inside Bradford because the universe that the Force created has become terrifyingly complex. Plus, God can no longer control the Destructive Force, which God created to alleviate boredom.

Perhaps God might be able to manage existence better if the universe were less complex, but even then, would God be ready for the final battle with the Destructive Force?