This the fifth book and climax of THE GOD'S CYCLE. Balder's Wilderness is a dark fantasia of the afterlife. Balder Simon, the Gott'imite hero and Vietnam veteran, searches for his lost teenage son, Daniel, on a wooded mountainside in Western Maine. There Balder meets up with a stranger, claiming to be a local and offering to guide him. Perplexed and distrait, Balder agrees, but soon realizing that his love and dedication toward his son may lead him to realms beyond this life and time.