This is a love story. But I must warn you, it’s not the type of love story you might expect. It isn't "Pride and Prejudice" or "The Notebook," and it most certainly isn't "50 Shades of Grey." No, this is a story about real love, and all the pain, regret, heartbreak, and sacrifice that come along with it. Over the past few months, you’ve undoubtedly heard a lot of confusing and conflicting information from both the press and the government regarding the fate of NASA’s Aeneas mission, but I can promise you that only bits and pieces of the approved narrative have any basis in reality. Of course, that statement does feel somewhat darkly ironic now, since my experiences aboard the Persephone have actually forced me to question reality itself. Either way, rampant speculation and conspiracy theories might make for compelling fodder on talk radio and the nightly news, but in the end, that’s all nothing but hearsay. I’m offering you the truth...
Joshua Darwin studied English literature at Texas A&M University and obtained his master's degree in Medieval & Renaissance Studies at the University of Glasgow in Scotland. His research was primarily focused on Shakespeare, the English Reformation, and Arthurian literature. He currently resides in Houston, Texas, with his wife and sons.
This book is presented as a journal of a troubled character on a space mission. While you may be thinking that the space mission is the main plot, it is merely the setting which is in my opinion a very fascinating spin and quite unexpected. This book should not be read lightly as it is very easy to identify with most of the characters in one way or another. Sometimes looking in the mirror is good though.
Then to make it more interesting, at the end of the book is a thesis on the nature of evil as presented in 16th and 17 the century literature. Honestly this was more interesting than the book to me (though I love philosophy, which is heavily discussed) and is worth the read. The story is great though, so there's really no way to have a bad time.