"Becoming Stardust" is a work of fiction that is pure entertainment It is an endearing literary "romp" that features murder, mayhem, justice, astronomy, young love, quirky museums, and mystical dream sequences involving native peoples.

When Judge Thaddeus Nathan sentences a crazed killer to life in a federal prison, no one could imagine that Curly Algol would escape, seeking revenge on the Judge and his young neighbor, Wade Henry, causing tragedies and heartache from the cornfields of Indiana to the final scenes in the majestic Canadian Rockies. "Becoming Stardust" is an intriguing...