The Book of Fate Condition:Very Good by an American astronaut on

by an American astronaut on an obsessive personal mission

PAULO COELHO'S enchanting novel has inspired a devoted following around the world

Part travel diary

and a story

Or too late

The Book of Fate Condition:Very Good by an American astronaut on"Six minutes from now, one of us would be dead. None of us knew it was coming."So says Wes Holloway, a once cocky and ambitious presidential aide, about the day that changed his life forever. On that Fourth of July, Wes put Ron Boyle, the chief executive's oldest friend, into the presidential limousine. By the time the trip came to an end, Wes was permanently disfigured, and Boyle was dead, the victim of a crazed assassin. Eight years later, Boyle is