Phases of Gravity
Author: Dan Simmons
 
Richard Baedecker once walked on the moon, but everything the ex-astronaut has ever done seems only a simulation, a preparation for something bigger. His quest for higher meaning begins when he meets a mysterious woman who leads him on a journey to the 'places of power' in his own past. Moving from his half-forgotten boyhood in Illinois to the slums of India, from a ghost town in Oregon to the death flight of the Challenger, Baedecker confronts his troubled son, the woman he loves, and two ex-crewmates from his Apollo days: one who claims he's found the ultimate truth - and another who's found a mysterious death.
 
SPECTRA SPECIAL EDITION MAY 1989
ISBN: 0553277642