An international shuttle-crew is on an all-but-routine mission to the ISS. For one crew member, the flight becomes a journey from the world of science to that of myth and legend. The reader is taken on a journey that moves from the complexity of space exploration and earth observation to the Dreamtime of the Australian Aborigine. For two men from completely different cultures and perceptions of reality, a meeting becomes a learning process exploring the boundaries of human consciousness. The Implicit Nature of Things is a work of fiction that confronts the reader with fundamental questions of human progress and goals conflicting with planetary imbalance and global catastrophes.