“Luke Tower sat in front of his laptop, staring first at the unyielding, blinking cursor and then to the bright red “8:05” displayed on his alarm clock. He always made sure to hide the taskbar on his screen, so that time was never an issue, but somehow it always managed to find him in one way or the other.” In many ways, this opening passage sums up Luke’s story. His life is almost a constant state of battle, whether it’s against writer’s block, time, or his unrealized feelings. Through the following story, Luke’s character takes a journey, searching for clues to the mystery of the colony of Roanoake, that may also end up leading him to find other things in his own life, some of which he wasn’t even aware were lost. / Access to thesis permanently restricted to Ball State community only / Department of English