A book of stories about those 'hard' choices that society forces itself to make, which tend to destroy its humanity. The stories are science-fantasy and political fiction from the epic series of novels, The Lodging for the Rose, by Rolf A. F. Witzsche. The choices that people find 'hard' are often forced upon them as they stand idly by and watch with their eyes closed as if this will cause the pain to cease. Rarely do we stand tall for the cause of universal love, the timeless principle in which we acknowledges our humanity as the 'divinely royal' and mankind as the Supreme Being in our universe. The stories are about choices, which when left unopposed, may yet defeat us all.