Finding Stars

"Be this story true or false . . . is for you, Dear Reader, to divine."

"There was once a place where God did not exist. Neither the thought of nor the desire for." Instead of ignorance and barbarity, as many might imagine, it was an abode of openness, compassion and worldly wisdom. Our storyteller, a man of faith, came upon it by accident, little knowing that it would permanently alter the course of his life and shake the foundations of his deepest beliefs.