Synopses & Reviews
Not even Kaspian himself knows precisely what happened to him during his unaccounted-for ninety-six hours -- though he does remember a light, three evil leprechauns, his dead father, and a frighteningly seductive angel-like being. The adults who control the sullen, disaffected teenager's immediate destiny view his disappearance -- and his silence about it -- as acts of passive-aggressive rebellion to be nipped in the proverbial bud.
But Kaspian believes his memories and emotions are precious treasures belonging to him alone. Now he must staunchly defend them from his born-again stepmother, a megalomaniacal alternate education tsar, sexually ambiguous counselors, corrupt Washington politicos, and wacko ufo abduction theorists. Recent events suggest that the laws of what's possible on this living Earth are constantly changing. And Kaspian must find his own way into the heart of the Great Mystery.
Synopsis
Young Kaspian Aaby was angry, and walked off into the night from his Glassport, Maine, home. He returned four days later and 60 miles away, but only one day older with no knowledge of what happened in his lost 96 hours. Kaspain believes his memories and emotions belong to him alone, and he must now defend them from relentless adults as he finds his own way into the heart of the Great Mystery.
About the Author
Richard Grant is the author of seven novels, including In the Land of Winter, published in hardcover by Avon Books in November 1997. His book, Through the Heart, won the Philip K. Dick Award. He lives in Lincolnville, on the coast of Maine.