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The Light
In a cosmos where the physical constants of nature are fi ne tuned to unimaginable precision to permit the existence of life, the giant US/ Chinese radio telescope on the far side of the moon detects no technological civilizations.
Why?
Fantasies of space travel to the stars and cheap limitless energy have, by the mid-21st century, proven to be just that. Fantasies. Upon this stage appears an American Indian woman in the grip of a delusion that her son is Quetzalcoatl, an ancient Meso-American God whom she has pursued in devotion across the centuries. A teacher at the shabby Apache Indian reservation elementary school recognizes the boy as probably the greatest mathematical genius in human history. A shaman senses in the man the reality of myth and fulfillment of ancient prophecy. None comprehend the staggering dimensions of his true destiny.
"The Light" is a psychedelic epic that explores the relationship between madness and the occult; between religion, science and reality. It fearlessly goes where none have gone before and in so doing challenges the limits of human imagination.
Why?
Fantasies of space travel to the stars and cheap limitless energy have, by the mid-21st century, proven to be just that. Fantasies. Upon this stage appears an American Indian woman in the grip of a delusion that her son is Quetzalcoatl, an ancient Meso-American God whom she has pursued in devotion across the centuries. A teacher at the shabby Apache Indian reservation elementary school recognizes the boy as probably the greatest mathematical genius in human history. A shaman senses in the man the reality of myth and fulfillment of ancient prophecy. None comprehend the staggering dimensions of his true destiny.
"The Light" is a psychedelic epic that explores the relationship between madness and the occult; between religion, science and reality. It fearlessly goes where none have gone before and in so doing challenges the limits of human imagination.
400 pages, Paperback
First published January 23, 2007
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