Tragedies abound humanity’s history, filled with grisly bloodshed, suffering, and pain. These things are part of man’s birthright. They go in tandem with our capacity to love, to build, and to become so much more. In The Mysterious Castle, the author, Wilmer Homan Rarick, takes us into a whirlwind of possibilities, from the prospect of an atomic war, and the horrid consequences thereafter, to the ultimate frontier of space, with all its wonders and inherent risks—and the rise of man, despite such adversities, into becoming an entity to be reckoned with because of his ingenuity, cunning, bravery, and compassion.