Parallel Story Universe
Between the Rocks
While governments and corporations expand across the solar system, another frontier emerges in the shadows of the asteroid belt.
The Between the Rocks series follows the people who actually live there—miners, drill crews, pilots, traders, and the rough communities forming inside drifting asteroids.
This is the story of the working frontier of space.
Not the polished missions of astronauts.
But the dangerous, unpredictable life of the people carving out humanity’s future between the rocks.
Jim Bob Pearson — Stories from the asteroid frontier.
The Jim Bob Pearson Universe
Map of Humanity’s Expansion into the Solar System
🌍 Earth
Origin of the Human Frontier
Earth is where everything begins. Governments, corporations, and private investors begin looking beyond the planet for resources and expansion opportunities.
This is the political and economic center of human civilization.
🔴 Mars
The First Off-World Colony
Mars becomes the first major human settlement beyond Earth. Early colonies struggle with survival, governance, and the challenges of building permanent life on another world.
Mars becomes humanity’s first true interplanetary society.
🧊 Europa
The Ocean Beneath the Ice
Exploration pushes to Jupiter’s moon Europa. Beneath miles of frozen crust lies a vast hidden ocean.
Europa represents humanity’s first encounter with the possibility of alien life within the solar system.
🪨 The Asteroid Belt
The Industrial Frontier
Between Mars and Jupiter lies the greatest untapped resource field in the solar system.
The Belt becomes the home of:
- asteroid mining crews
- corporate extraction rigs
- independent prospectors
- drifting settlements carved into rock
This is where the Between the Rocks series takes place.
Life here is dangerous, rough, and largely beyond the control of Earth.
❄️ Pluto
The Edge of the Known Solar System
Pluto serves as a remote research outpost and deep-space listening station.
From here, humanity begins looking beyond the solar system itself.
🌌 Earth 2.0
The Next Frontier
As technology advances and discoveries accumulate, humanity faces a decision:
Remain tied to Earth…
or become a true interplanetary species.