Can these two octogenarians overcome the emotional scars of their pasts and achieve true happiness? Forrester’s Folly: Stardust Dreams by S. B. Redstone

“Sure, we can die here on Earth. We can die in space. Or an advanced, caring, alien world can save us! Fate is the captain of our futures, not the Grim Reaper—yet!” This is the final persuasive argument that Lance Forrester, the celebrated astronaut and scientist says to Sage Saint Charles, a former hometown acquaintance whom he was crazy infatuated with in adolescence. When their lives separated, he piloted a spaceship to Mars and she became a famous actress. Now, decades later, standing in her room at the hospice care facility in West Hollywood, California, he offers her an alternative future.

He tells Sage that during final preparations to leave Earth on New Year’s Day, in his private spaceship, he still has no viable candidate to travel with him. Suddenly fate intervenes! In a foul mood at the supermarket checkout, a headline on the cover of a celebrity magazine grabs his attention. “Sage Saint Charles has days to live!” That makes her a candidate! Destiny chose her. Hours later, he lands in Los Angeles with the slimmest hope of convincing her to be his traveling companion on his quest for immortality. Speaking from his heart, he shares that he too is dying and then in some detail describes Forrester’s Folly and its awesome propulsion system. With luck, fairytale luck, while in a cryogenic state, artificial intelligence computers will aim them toward an advanced alien civilization that will cure their cancers and extend their lives. When Sage scoffs at his ridiculous stardust dream and rejects him, Lance’s optimism is crushed.

Will Sage’s tragic regrets, failures, and dysfunctional life be her executioner? “I’ve accepted God’s final judgment on my life. There’s no future for me now.”

As the story evolves, questions arise! Can these two octogenarians overcome the emotional scars of their pasts and achieve true happiness, or are they doomed to suffer from their mistakes, no matter how far from Earth they travel? And if they are saved in the far distant future, will they be fated lovers?

If you love stories with adventure, romance, suspense, mystery, fun, comedy, friendship, love, and the following of your dreams, then join Lance and Sage should they go on their grand journey.

Redstone’s novel is being enjoyed by women and men.