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This article is about the novel.

Astral Planes: Voids is a high fantasy novel written by Bravo Charlie.

The title of the series, Astral Planes, refers to more than one astral plane of existence, both physical and spiritual in nature, described using a blend of cosmologies from ancient Sumer, Pre-Columbian era civilizations, norse mythology esp. Yggdrasil the ‘tree of life’, and others. In the Mayan mythology, the after-life consists of layered existences including negative regions both below and positive realms above the Earth. In Dante’s Inferno, a similarity exists which reflects a limbo realm previously purported to exist by the Catholic Church. The Astral Planes are inhabited by talking animals, angels also referred to as Anunnaki and Grigori, the fallen angels referred to in the apocryphal Book of Enoch as well as the Old Testament Genesis 6 where Giants, called Nephilim, are described to have come into existence. Ancient advanced technology is also a recurring theme in the series.

The Tibetan Book of the Dead’s depiction of the journey of a spirit after death is the point of reference used for one of the primary protagonist in the story, Carbo, a kid from Texas who finds himself in the land of Shoresh, a plane of existence below the Earth. When the Angel Gabriel's horn sounds, a village at one of the Yggdrasil (Ygg) tree’s roots is destroyed, which also ushers Carbo into the initial setting of the story.

Main Characters

Protagonists

Carbo Quark Tweetie Zimmie

Antagonists

Strings Zarl Pahrn Sehr Commander Paulsworth Lieutenant Akachi

Plot