Synopsis: The Holy Grail floated just out of reach - on the dark side of the moon... Atlantis was never really lost - only misplaced... An alien goddess is shacked up on a ranch outside of Austin. Reality is strange. Alan Fain is stranger. He and hacker Lew Slack are about to remake history - by blasting off to the stars on a quest for fame, great wisdom and bizarre adventure. For far beyond this insignificant gravity pit called Earth are euphoric answers to the mysteries of the universe - and the punchline to the greatest cosmic joke ever played on humankind. (adapted from the back cover of the first edition)