The Cycle of Wisdom
Stephen realised too late that he had travelled beyond the limits of his understanding. But the modern world, the rational world, had never held much interest for him, and he had looked beyond it as soon as he became aware that somewhere might even exist. People were surprised when he of all people spent his life striving to look beyond - to peer around corners, to question the unquestioned - for it was true that life appeared to have been very kind to him. He was handsome,...