Chapter One Who Can I Blame? You can blame anybody you want to, actually, but you're probably lying. Are you shaped by nature or by nurture? It doesn't matter, because you control neither of them. However, you can choose how to react to them. That's how you get past fatalistic victim thinking and start living in earnest. Inertia may be (or seem) easier, but it's never as satisfying. Whatever it is, own it. If you don't own it, you can't change it. Here's something from The Chronicles of a Lost Soul, which I wrote over 30 years ago: All that we are is the result of what we have thought....

Five stars out of five. Michael LaRocca is an author who knows how to use humor to make you laugh. He is an author who knows how to use thought-provoking material to entertain his readers, and he knows how to use poetry to make you think. He is one talented author. The Chronicles of a Lost Soul is a book that will entertain you, make you think, and will have you yearning for more. Jennifer L.B. Leese, A STORYWEAVER'S Book Reviews The whole book is terrifying and sure to leave you thinking...I highly recommend The Chronicles of a Lost Soul. The Write Stuff Book Reviews Wow Michael, you sure...

Barry Drake returns. The starship CONUNDRUM is the first manned vessel to leave Earth's solar system using Weinberg Drive. It reaches the Pegasus system, 50 light years away, where the earthlike planet Sisyphus orbits a G-type star and may contain what we truly hope to find, proof that we are not alone.

In 2123, the first manned space flight leaves Earth's solar system using faster than light travel. They are almost immediately faced with an inexplicable series of events, visions of past events that never happened, and eventually an unseen menace that's technologically far beyond them. Arthur C Clarke noted that any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. Unfortunately, that's the truth. Maybe they should've just stayed home.