title: The Lost Astronaut: Search for the Golden Thread
author:  D. J. Coning 
description: Doug Coning holds an MBA from Anderson University and a BA in Information Systems from Colorado Technical University. Prior to his entry into the field of information technology, where Doug currently serves as an eCommerce Application Manager for a Fortune 500 company, Doug worked with an international Christian ministry, for whom he travelled to more than twenty countries providing humanitarian aid and working with youth and children. He currently resides in New Albany, Ohio.
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  ##  **CONTENTS**
  
  CHAPTER ONE
  
  CHAPTER TWO
  
  CHAPTER THREE
  
  CHAPTER FOUR
  
  CHAPTER FIVE
  
  CHAPTER SIX
  
  CHAPTER SEVEN
  
  CHAPTER EIGHT
  
  CHAPTER NINE
  
  CHAPTER TEN
  
  CHAPTER ELEVEN
  
  CHAPTER TWELVE
  
  CHAPTER THIRTEEN
  
  CHAPTER FOURTEEN
  
  CHAPTER FIFTEEN
  
  CHAPTER SIXTEEN
  
  CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
  
  CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
  
  CHAPTER NINETEEN
  
  CHAPTER TWENTY
  
  CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE
  
  **For Tisha Hamilton, who cared.**
  
  **My Teacher  
  Glows in the Dark**
  
  #  CHAPTER ONE
  
  ## **I Choose the Stars**
  
  So there we were--Susan Simmons, Duncan Dougal, and me, Peter Thompson--
  sitting in an alien spaceship the size of New Jersey, waiting to learn how we
  were supposed to save the world, when Susan said, "All right, Peter, give."
  
  "Beg your pardon?" I asked innocently.
  
  "Tell us what's been going on! Five months ago you took off for outer space
  with Broxholm. Five minutes ago you showed up in a beam of blue light and told
  Duncan and me we had to help you save the world. I want to know what happened
  in bet