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Overview
The Compassionist's Agenda. Three days ago... A week ago, my life changed. A gathering of dreams came home. I was tired, exhausted, and accidentally drugged from caring for a friend when the illusions crawled out of the darkness onto my deck. They woke something from childhood; memories and dreams belonging to someone else. Familiar, somehow, but not mine. Something in them haunted me for a week. But, as it does, life returned to normal, until this morning. Two of the little ones came back; popped into existence along the shoreline. The Imaginary Resolution Services(R) were tracking the dreams that visited. They had disappeared after revealing themselves, no traces anywhere. The only reason 'Homefry' and 'Pooh' came here was to question my friend, the one who started all this in the first place. It seems Leonardo Garfield is the only Grumpmuffin available now. The IRS was hoping to backtrack our visitors from his signature. It turns out that cats are walkers. Their purrs allow them a sympathetic resonance that vibrates the veils open between realities. The Twelyth Teg use their wings to the same end. The rest of us have to use the ley lines, the bismuth veins that crisscross the planet. Be that as it may, I am going along, too. What I thought was a one-off experience goes much deeper. Children encounter magic because they look for it. I did not find my childhood again, only to lose it now. If you know anything about me, it should be that I keep a promise. I do not make many, but the ones that I do, get delivered. Homefry and Pooh, along with me and thee, are going to find our friends and bring them home. Despite the odds against us, we must follow our hearts. But first, we need to locate a few things lost in time ... miracles. We are going to need them.
Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9798331414306 |
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| Publisher: | Barnes & Noble Press |
| Publication date: | 06/20/2024 |
| Series: | The Dreams Saga , #2 |
| Pages: | 264 |
| Product dimensions: | 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.55(d) |
About the Author
This book, A Persistence Of Dreams, is the second in a planned trilogy. It is the completion of a promise I made to my Grandfather. I gave him my word in the summer of 1966 after he had given me a new journal. I'm fairly certain he was busy and hedging his bet about keeping me entertained for two weeks. Regardless, Adamsville, Tennessee, held other adventures for us that summer, and I never got around to it. These books are that promise fulfilled; this is his story. He wanted me to tell him a tall tale, a 'whopper' he said. I don't know that I have done that, but I gave it my all. The thing is, the world has changed since then. It is a tale of hindsight, of choices and consequences, of lost and newly found friends, of discovery, and redemption, of hopefully finding our way out of the darkness growing once again.
It's all been building to here. The cast of the first book, Gathering is in trouble. Every two thousand years, a change takes place, the world changes. But for a smooth transition, the pieces have to be put in place. Personalities get formed. A cast of wanderers and warriors need discovering. A new group, forged in fire, comes together. A plant elemental. A Dragon. A mentor. A child. A soulmate. A God. A Trickster.
A thousand different pieces. A million clues. If we find our hearts, we get paradise again. You see, God works in mysterious ways. But it has given us free will and placed the clues in plain sight. The story was written and placed in a library of forever, then lost. But with any jigsaw puzzle, you begin with the edges and follow the colors. The patterns build with every piece laid until the bigger picture emerges. We only find magic when we look for it.
I found hope in the old tales. I believe we all have a book that resides somewhere within our hearts. Whether or not we pull it into reality is always one of persistence. My tales took on a life of their own. What started as a debt paid, grew into something beyond my wildest imagination. I hope I can do it justice. As usual, any errors are on me; I tried to catch them all; I am sure I did not succeed. I figure if I keep you entertained, you might forgive me missing a comma or two. I hope that you enjoy our tale for what it is.
It's all been building to here. The cast of the first book, Gathering is in trouble. Every two thousand years, a change takes place, the world changes. But for a smooth transition, the pieces have to be put in place. Personalities get formed. A cast of wanderers and warriors need discovering. A new group, forged in fire, comes together. A plant elemental. A Dragon. A mentor. A child. A soulmate. A God. A Trickster.
A thousand different pieces. A million clues. If we find our hearts, we get paradise again. You see, God works in mysterious ways. But it has given us free will and placed the clues in plain sight. The story was written and placed in a library of forever, then lost. But with any jigsaw puzzle, you begin with the edges and follow the colors. The patterns build with every piece laid until the bigger picture emerges. We only find magic when we look for it.
I found hope in the old tales. I believe we all have a book that resides somewhere within our hearts. Whether or not we pull it into reality is always one of persistence. My tales took on a life of their own. What started as a debt paid, grew into something beyond my wildest imagination. I hope I can do it justice. As usual, any errors are on me; I tried to catch them all; I am sure I did not succeed. I figure if I keep you entertained, you might forgive me missing a comma or two. I hope that you enjoy our tale for what it is.
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