SKYHOOK deals with the spirituality of man, as well as with hidden mind content that influences him daily, often adversely. When Art Painter, the inventor of Nuon - a gas lighter than hydrogen - discovers that he has schizophrenic tendencies, he follows the malady's cause back to prehistoric times when the Earth was colonized by inhabitants of a strange planet. Art's journey takes him from the dim reaches of a dangerous past into an unsavory present, where he has to work out his own salvation, and that of those dear to him. Part One of SKYHOOK - Creator's Fate - is set in ancient Earth times. For Part Two - Embodiment's Consequences - and Part Three - Duality's Dilemma - today's South Africa is the setting.

ヴェルナー・ロッソウの『Skyhook』は、精神の深淵にSFと霊性を融合させた野心的な叙事詩です。統合失調の根源を太古の異星人による植民地化に求める独創的な構想は、個人の病理を壮大な人類史へと昇華させています。深層心理に潜む記憶が現在を支配する様を暴く、その文学的鋭さは類を見ません。 本作の真髄は、古代の因縁と現代南アフリカを繋ぐ救済の旅路にあります。三部構成で描かれる二面性のジレンマは、読者に魂の起源を問い直させます。科学的知性と精神の闇が激突する中で生まれる重厚なドラマは、人間の本質を抉り出す知的な冒険と言えるでしょう。