Patrick Mitchell is confronted with a multi-dimensional universe, taking him through lapse in a time continuum of events involving the development of rocket and space shuttle advancement, construction of the U.S. space station Daedalus, and the future starship Rendezvous, that will take mankind to Mars and beyond. The United States and Russia agree to a cooperative two-year trip to the red planet. Unknown to the U.S., Russia has a plan of their own about the outcome of this venture. Patrick and a team of six Americans and six Russians meet the challenge, and themselves, through the space-time of many mansions. COMING: Next Patrick Mitchell book NOT IF: BUT WHEN Engineer and Contractor in several states. Built 17000 apartments in eleven states, and three Frank Lloyd Wright hotels, as well as two Atlas missile silos in California, and the first underground nuclear test facility in Jackass Flats, Nevada. Taught construction methods and practical cost estimating at Frank Lloyd Wright Taliesin West. Built and flew an acrobatic bi-plane, and authored 'Building the Goldduster, a 200 page, black and white, and color pictorial manual used by Stolp Starduster Corp as a construction manual. My wife, Betty, and I have two adult children, five grandchildren, and six great grandchildren. We live in Tuttle, Oklahoma.