It is difficult to imagine a novel that offers a broader canvas than "Judith Mezzelstone." From Judith's reflective letter to Linus to the death throes of the Japanese peasant-born autocrat Hideyoshi; from the intensity of the relationship between AstroQuest and ElusiveHope to the intriguing perspective on Marilyn Monroe and Laurence Olivier; from the radically original and fresh revelation of the history of the universe and nature of time to the hypnotic scent of rose that pursues a man whose destiny is entangled with an anime character, "Judith Mezzelstone" unveils a kaleidoscopic world whose depth equals its vast scope, capturing the many "children of paradise."