A bookshop seller, a loner who enjoys living off others’ expense—Perry Girard—once got a big surprise as a gift from an alien artificial intelligence named Hans: the chance to visit any world he can imagine.
From the primordial essence preceding the Big Bang into a world ruled by drugged-out hippies; from a cellular automaton into the kingdom of Amazons—and onward, through countless dimensions and worlds, in search of happiness, love, power… and an answer to the Ontological Conundrum.