An adventure, romantic, philosophic tale about the deepest, darkest secrets of the human mind and, ultimately, the very nature of humanity itself. This carefully crafted novel, best suited to mature readers of quality fiction, tells the captivating story of Professor Jeremy Lipton, noted researcher on the Cornell teaching staff, who has developed a substance, isolated from flocking birds, that permits the birds to communicate crude intentions through magnetic impulse. In accidentally breathing some of the powder in one fascinating night, Jeremy finds that he may actually possess this psychic ability himself while the drug is active in his brain.
A former student of his, a beautiful young woman with whom he had a very intense but very platonic relationship eight years earlier, has returned to teach on the Cornell staff. Their mutual attraction, stunted then and now by Jeremy's loyalty and devotion to his beautiful but troubled wife--the uniquely gorgeous Sibyl--provides the driving force of the plot, which the flocking substance impacts in odd and unexpected ways.
Are the effects of the chemical genuine or imaginary? Will Jeremy's powerful attraction toward the adorable and adoring young soul-mate now returning to the staff overcome his loyalty and devotion to the splendid yet emotionally inadequate wife he has nurtured for so long? And if the chemical truly works as it seems to, what will he learn of the secret inner mind and soul of Man?
By page 461 of this deeply insightful and beautifully written novel, the reader, ushered along by an intrusive, witty, and congenial narrator, will learn it all, for better or for worse.
No vampires or trolls, no white-hatted heroes or dark-suited villains, just a captivating read about believable folks caught up in a strange situation, most appropriate for intelligent, literate, discerning, mature readers with open and inquisitive minds.
