The set is accompanied by a 74-page graphic novel created by Shorter together with writer Monica Sly and artist Randy DuBurke, whose career includes work for DC Comics.

[8] Disc 1 was recorded in New York City and Casco Viejo, Panama, in 2016 and features Shorter’s quartet in a studio session with the 34-piece Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.

[18] Larry Blumenfeld of The Wall Street Journal stated "Mr. Shorter’s music has always demanded alternate routes and suggested parallel worlds—it implies a multiverse of sorts.

[16] Chris Pearson of The Times wrote "By now we should have learnt to trust Wayne Shorter, the great saxophonist whose credits stretch back to Miles Davis and Weather Report.

Still, one trembles at the prospect of his latest project, a triple orchestral album swimming in armchair philosophy, cod sociology and sci-fi and accompanied by a comic book.

Disc 1 Recorded by the Wayne Shorter Quartet with Orpheus Chamber Orchestra at Avatar Studios, New York, and at Danilo's Jazz Club, American Trade Hotel, Casco Viejo, Panama.