-- Cloud Atlas But the story doesn't end even there. The narrative then boomerangs back through centuries and space, returning by the same route, in reverse, to its starting point. Along the way, Mitchell reveals how his disparate characters connect, how their fates intertwine, and how their souls drift across time like clouds across the sky. As wild as a videogame, as mysterious as a Zen koan, -- 'Dave Eggers 'Wildly entertaining . . . a head rush, both action-packed and chillingly ruminative.' -- 'Michael Chabon ' -- Cloud Atlas 'Grand and elaborate . . . (Mitchell) creates a world and language at once foreign and strange, yet strikingly familiar and intimate.''Los Angeles Times