In Thomas Cornell's second novel 'Lost In Transition' A young man living in a big city in the industrial era of America deals with loss, depression, mental disorders, assassinations, mental institutions, college, art, music, psychology, spirituality, loss of faith, faith, hallucinations, culture, love, medications and violence. The story also at one point harkens back to the characters teenage days in a mysterious and distant land in the far east in the developing world of the late nineteenth century to add further insight, excitement, and suspense to the developing novel about a character who deals with his own internal battles as well as external battles in a world not forgotten, but often not remembered in our day and age. The turn of the 20th century. Thomas Cornell's second novel is a historical, adventurous and insane outlook of a troubled young man from that era. Very deep questions are presented and asked in the novel as the character try's to figure out himself and the world around him. You will not want to put this book down once you start reading it. Lost In Transition just might be the most entertaining and most meaningful book you've read in a long time.