Extract: The Bench on the Edge

Here is another extract from my book, The Bench on the Edge:

Then another emotion began to surge in Karel: anger. “Is this the game of some sadistic god! On earth we are left like infants exposed on mountain tops, to live or die, as chance would have it; to become kings or slaves. We are at the mercy of the elements, wolves or peasants. And here too the charade continues! In this timeless dimension, somewhere all evolution is complete, so why is it that, the supreme being or beings are still hiding away, letting us stumble and fall with nothing more than a hazy impulse to guide us! Perhaps I am a fallen angel, after all, full of rebellion, impatience and ingratitude. Why shouldn’t I be, if God is so elusive and uncaring!”