Gopher Hole: Entry

by Mark Garcia

This is a ten part episodic story of man’s early forays into the newly discovered Planck Dimension. It is told through the eyes of our primary protagonist, Ted Gerald, a rare genius who possesses the mind of a brilliant physicist and the social skills of a gifted leader. Driven by his single-minded pursuit of scientific inquiry, he must come to terms with the consequences of his actions, and the rationalizations he is willing to make to justify those actions.
Fates more numerous than can be chronicled in these pages hinge on the virtues and vices demonstrated by Ted and his team as they probe the Planck dimension, where one metaphysical truth after another awaits to be revealed. Along the way they will be unsympathetically judged before the patrimony of God and charged with deciphering the paradox of free-will and predetermination.
The prodigal son’s return will be tested by the seven temptations of vice and the seven celestial virtues. Will their skepticism and disbelief prevent them from completing their journey? Or will their own internal demons undo them? Will they unlock the truth? Will they decide the fate of man? Or are such things beyond the scope of man, even beyond the scope of God?

35 pages, Kindle Edition

First published May 3, 2013