This song was composed by Noah's former wife...Natalie
in book one of The Halo Trilogy.
She had composed and played this for Noah...
who was far away on the research spacecraft...Halo.
She would play this song at sunset at a lake she had named Noah's Lake...
as she remembered and missed him dearly.
I had composed and performed this song for
the first book of my second trilogy (The HALO Trilogy): HALO - The Beginning.
Two of the main characters had composed and performed this song
to their future children just before they were to face an uncertain future.
It was to convey their love for them, and as a goodbye.
The last book of the Halo Trilogy is now available worldwide on Amazon.
This is the third, and last book of The Halo Trilogy. The story picks up with the efforts of the residents of Halo to repair Halo Mountain after the war, and to meet the rapidly approaching deadline to leave the planet. During their efforts to advance their progress, Queen Lena advances her efforts to attack Halo Mountain to enslave the inhabitants. The story then becomes one of the progression of the survivors of the first war as they make their way back to Earth, and of their subsequent adventures once on Earth. HALO: The Return, closes all open plot lines and answers all questions as to what had happened, as well as all what would happen for the future of all of mankind. Characters from the first book, second book, as well as the new characters introduced, find their place, and are fully resolved in this final story of the trilogy. It is filled with adventure and heart warming interludes which give color to the characters as well as to the story. It is a strong finish to the great adventure that is The Halo Trilogy.
Song: Holding On To Yesterday
Group: Ambrosia
This review of my first trilogy: The Kuma Trilogy, was done by an independent author, book reviewer, and blogger from London, England.
The Kuma Trilogy
By James Toller
4*
The Kuma Trilogy is a work encompassing three books: The Kiss, A Great Love and Tiger Mountain. The books follow the literal and spiritual journey of the titular main character, Kuma Svensson, a man born and raised in Hawaii to a Japanese mother and Scandinavian father. Alongside Kuma’s story, each book has a sub-plot/s involving different characters and their lives. The majority of these separate narratives become entwined and connected with Kuma’s story.
The Kuma Trilogy is a mammoth, thought-provoking and visionary work. In The Kiss, we meet Soo Jin and her friend Ha Rin in the side narrative that runs alongside our introduction to Kuma. The prose involving both girls has a dreamscape, immersive atmosphere enhanced by the beautifully realised Korean setting. In this first instalment, as with the others, the writing is simply structured and quite naïve which complements the allegorical quality of the story. Kuma’s time in rehabilitation and the characters he meets there, especially Kimo whose teachings are integral to the novel, are powerful and set the foundations for the next two books. A Great Love finds Kuma in Kyoto, living with and training the monks of Kita Temple. Parallel to this, is the story of Tatsuko and her family and the relationship between them and Kuma is both inspiring and heart-breaking. Tiger Mountain is the most ambitious of the three stories and resultingly, has a subtly different tone. It’s a fantastical premise; the designing, building and managing of a large, self-sufficient, utopian community of disabled children, carers, teachers, medics, gardeners, general staff and their families on, up and in a mountain. Personally, at times during Tiger Mountain, I found Kuma becoming a touch controlling with a whiff of a Bond-esque villain about him which was probably more to do with the environment. Mr Toller is extraordinarily conscientious in explaining and describing the logistics and infrastructure of Tiger Mountain; the depth of imagination and planning from a writerly point of view is boundless but it did become a little exhausting in places and consequently, the pace was a touch slow. However, the profundity and scope of this triumvirate of stories cannot be underestimated. It is clear from the narrative the sheer inventiveness, originality and personal insight that Mr Toller has brought to bear in this work; the subjectivity shines through on several occasions and it is not a weakness in this instant, quite the opposite. Technically, it was obvious that every consideration, plot strand and, I think, indeed every word, had been carefully thought out and the editing was faultless.
The Kuma Trilogy is a monumental novel that provides an intensely spiritual and intellectually stimulating read.
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