The
planet Gehrig was discovered in the year 3118 and was named after a
legendary player of an antique game. Its
name came about when a surveyor, who was a history buff, orbited the
planet and noticed that its single continent and single ocean were shaped
approximately like the coverings on an old-fashioned baseball.
He later researched the game and discovered that one of its heroes
had been a man named Lou Gehrig. The
surveyor proposed naming the planet Gehrig and the name stuck.
Gehrig,
however, was found to be a planet without exploitable resources and one
with violent and fearsome native wildlife.
It was thus ignored until 3750 when the Galactic Committee chose to
make it a prison planet: a dumping place for the worst of the worst.
Dave Welch was improperly convicted of a series of horrendous murders and
banished to the planet Gehrig. This
novel is the story of his life, his discoveries, and what he does with
them.
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For
a moment, set aside the question of whether or not heaven exists. If it
does, what it is like? This novel begins with the death of Robert Conway
and then follows his life in paradise. It’s a bed of roses to be sure,
but some of the roses have thorns and there are both glories and
surprises.
