Book One --- The Voyage    Prologue       In the constellation of Cygnus    There lurks a mysterious, invisible force    The Black Hole    Of Cygnus X-1       Six Stars of the Northern Cross    In mourning for their sister's loss    In a final flash of glory    Nevermore to grace the night...       1       Invisible    To telescopic eye    Infinity    The star that would not die       All who dare    To cross her course    Are swallowed by    A fearsome force       Through the void    To be destroyed    Or is there something more?    Atomized --- at the core    Or through the Astral Door ---    To soar...       2       I set a course just east of Lyra    And northwest of Pegasus    Flew into the light of Deneb    Sailed across the Milky Way       On my ship, the 'Rocinante'    Wheeling through the galaxies,    Headed for the heart of Cygnus    Headlong into mystery       The x-ray is her siren song    My ship cannot resist her long    Nearer to my deadly goal    Until the Black Hole ---    Gains control...       3       Spinning, whirling,    Still descending    Like a spiral sea,    Unending       Sound and fury    Drowns my heart    Every nerve    Is torn apart....