The moment has arrived when Theodore Stern, Deep Space Travel Agent, must finally travel. Theo has never ventured beyond his home planet, Tsanak — barely beyond his home city of New Leicester. But with unexpected time on his hands, he's determined at last to pursue his true passion: writing the Great Spherical Novel. First, he needs research. And there is no better place to find it than the Ring — the vast human habitat encircling Old Earth. Only the research doesn't add up. The history is inconsistent. The records contradict themselves. And the last thing Theo expects to uncover is a conspiracy. Undaunted — and now accompanied by his colleague, Jemma — Theo sets out on a journey across the Sphere of Influence that quickly becomes less about writing a novel… …and more about staying alive.  SphereWide is the fourth book set in the Sphere of Influence. While making veiled references to incidents and characters from the Sphere of Influence trilogy, SphereWide is a standalone novel that can read and enjoyed on its own.