Call of Destiny (One Small Step Out of the Garden of Eden) - Softcover

Wagoner, Robert

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1440140022 ISBN 13: 9781440140020

Publisher: iUniverse, 2009

Synopsis

Call of Destiny is a coming-of-age story about four college-age students struggling to find themselves in a very traditional-almost conformist-culture. To high school senior Michael Gillen, living on Earth in the late twenty-fifth century is a miserable existence. His parents always ride him for lacking discipline and ambition, certainly a result of the long shadow cast over him by his older brother. Even worse, the Gillen family's well-known and jaded history makes him an easy target for every bully that comes along. No, Michael can't wait until graduation so that he can finally flee his wretched life! That's when the young man seizes the opportunity to realize his lifelong dream of exploring the stars. Just one problem: the prestigious university offering that chance is a military academy and he is anything but military-minded. Meanwhile, an evil tyrant has come to power far across the solar system, quickly threatening the peace of Terrae Solaris. Will the stubborn, free-spirited, and idealistic young man wash out before realizing his dream? Will his family's past get the best of him? Can he keep his mind off other, more enticing distractions? Will he get his chance to set off into the stars before a terrible war breaks out?

About this title

About the Author

At the age of four, Robert Wagoner watched the live broadcast of the Apollo 11 moon landing, he then spent his entire childhood following space exploration and dreaming of being an astronaut. A native of the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania region; he lives with his wife and children in New England, where he works for a technology firm.

Edition details

• Publisher: iUniverse
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1440140022
• ISBN 13: 9781440140020
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 300