Roots of the Future is the collection of the astounding stories and anecdotes which composed over 80 years of Herb Friedman's remarkable life.

This modern parable begins with a lawyer's lust leading him to an encounter with a mystic rabbi, then takes us into the world of law & medicine - through a man's suffering betrayals, & eventual redemption.

An autobiographical/philosophical narrative in verse--a lyric novel--chronicling the experiences and development of the author whom The New York Times has acclaimed as a "genius philosopher"--the first since Albert Camus, and before that, ...