Mischievous Mercurio and his beautiful visitor, the mysterious Lixy, team up to avert disaster in a clockwork solar system inspired by Dante’s Paradiso and the celestial spheres of the ancient Greeks.

In order to blend astronomy with mythology, I did a fair bit of research! The links below will take you to some of the fascinating bits of trivia I uncovered while building the universe for Devouring Light.

The Celestial Spheres of Sol
What Do Celestials Wear?
The Graces
Roman Dining
The Heliosphere
The Oort Cloud
Mercury the Planet
Draco the Dragon
The Simiae