In Los Angeles during the 1930s, Jack Parsons held down a job as a janitor at a chemical factory, but harbored a secret ambition after dark: to construct rockets capable of carrying humanity to the moon. The strain of this dual existence de…

With Professor Mesulam’s approval secured, Jack and Richard began the work of establishing Caltech’s inaugural rocketry team. However, their acceptance came with certain conditions, and alongside the increasingly palpable influence of Ernes…

Driven by the weight of expectation and a desire to fulfill the life he’d envisioned for Susan, Jack pressed the rocketry team toward a bolder course, encouraging them to begin full-scale testing. Recognizing the Parsons family's growing di…

Jack's testimony as an expert witness in a widely publicized trial brought the rocketry team sudden attention, securing for them a highly desirable invitation to The Athenaeum. Simultaneously, Virgil delivered Patty, Susan’s defiant teenage…

The team completed their prototype, yet a curious shift occurred: Richard now held unwavering faith in the design, while Jack harbored doubts about its functionality. Consequently, Jack excused himself from the test firing and, with Susan, …

A clandestine return to the Agape Lodge stirred something in Jack, prompting him to push the limits of intimacy with Susan, even as she hesitated. The unexpected appearance of Ernest at the Rocketry Team’s new desert testing site unsettled …

As Richard and the rocketry team turned their attention to more established endeavors, leaving the Suicide Club behind, Jack immersed himself further in the doctrines of Thelema and Sex Magick, seeking a way to persuade General Braxton that…

As Susan delved into the world of Aleister Crowley, her worries regarding Jack deepened, culminating in a difficult confrontation with Maggie about the unsettling realities of this secretive faith. Susan’s inquiries pushed Maggie to the edg…

Susan began to suspect that Thelema held a vital clue to deciphering her own psychological scars. She sought out purge sessions at the Agape Lodge, under the guidance of the Grand Magus, while Jack grew steadily disillusioned with a faith t…

A letter from Aleister Crowley arrives for Jack, extending an invitation to advance to the next level—and with it, the Parsons family must confront whether Thelema truly aligns with their shared future. Susan, having unearthed a disturbing …