Sebastian Fitzek, the creator of major crime bestsellers, reintroduces himself as an author with a different book that poses existential questions:

• What matters in life?
• How do you find happiness?
• Which goals are right?
• What do you learn from defeat?

Fitzek was inspired to write this book by his role as a father – specifically by the question of what advice he would give his children about life if he didn’t have much time left.

Without claiming to possess the ultimate truth, he succeeds in talking about very serious matters without any pretentiousness, with humor, honesty, and directness.

Thus, The Fish That Climb Trees is a very personal legacy of a father for his children, a "compass," as Fitzek himself describes it, that he bequeaths to guide them through life.

At the same time, it is excellent food for thought and a very useful guide for anyone seeking their path in the world.

The dream is not the destination. It is the fuel for your life's journeys!

A saying attributed to Einstein goes: "Everyone is a genius! But if the measure of a fish's intelligence is its ability to climb a tree, it will spend its whole life believing it is stupid."

I would add: Don’t let anything stop you from climbing a tree just because others see you as a fish. Don't listen to those who say, "That's impossible, you won't succeed!" Be fish who want to climb trees.