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A Node is a volume of space without gravity formed by the interaction of the gravitational fields of massive objects like the Sun, Jupiter and planet Earth. Depending on where these objects are, their fields can cancel resulting in zero gravity. Inside a Node, spacetime is flat, unlike the curved spacetime in the surrounding Universe. A Node can be made to move through space by changing its shape. Emilio and Brian figure out how to 'hop aboard' a Node and how to distort its shape to move it through space in any direction at any speed, even lightspeed or faster! When a Node travels at lightspeed anything inside it, even a material object, also moves at lightspeed because no energy is required to move the Node's contents. And, just like a photon at lightspeed, space and time simply cease to exist as required by Special Relativity. The Node can re-enter the normal Universe at any point in space and at any time, past, present or future! The Node Rider 'ship' communicates with Earth using macro Quantum Entangled 'Nodebooks' - anything written in one instantaneously appearing in the other. Node Riders is the story of exploring the Universe using Nodes for travel.