While digging a holding pond on his farm in Michigan's thumb, Richard Carpenter discovers a relic that will rise to transform the lives of his son, Kevin, Kevin's friends, their families and, ultimately, all who inhabit our planet. "In Search of Elysium" delivers a capacious, compelling tale of two planets, two peoples, what unites and what divides. Part science fiction and part magical realism, it is pure, picaresque adventure. Come take a ride with Kevin and his friends as they tap their courage to explore the cosmos, and their most sacred convictions.