Farrant wa» a good man—maybe too good, with his easygoing humor and wry acknowledgment that he was something of a dunderhead among a flock of super-experts. Yet Farrant committed at least one particularly bloody killing—and then couldn't remember that his victim was dead. How many others had he killed? What was the secret locked in his mind —the secret that affected the lives of everybody on the island, and which would eventually uncover the secret of AGNES itself? Fire Past The Future is an excellent example of the oft-heard statement that the science fiction writers of the fifties and sixties pored over the science and invention magazines and were aware of what was on the horizon or within research. The information about atomic energy, space exploration and anti-gravity is extremely interesting. Such data is woven within a fascinating story of exploration, rocketry and even murder. If you know of or have heard of the Lorentz-Fitzgerald theory, you'll love this story!