By By Dane Roberts Wans On Bookreview
Are you looking for a book that takes the metaphysical dimension of current events and speculates the future for you? This may be the book.
As you read this work you will encounter the 11:11 phenomenon. This theory holds that the repeat number sequence people are seeing on license plates or on digital clocks or phone numbers is a wake up call, but a call to what?
It all started with the Mayans. It seems more than 1,000 years ago they put together a calendar that survived the ages and now predicts that something abrupt will happen on Dec. 21, 2012. That is as far as the calendar goes. Speculation is that a new age will start; an age that will be unlike any ever seen before, or maybe the end of the world. A period of time called the Age of Aquarius, therefore the title.
The genre is science fiction. As such we are presented with some postulations that are not possible in any other realm. An example is; do dolphins really communicate telepathically? Are we able to prove this theory? Structurally, this book starts out with a long prologue containing four glimpses in time, each concerning a character who will be interfacing with one another as the story unfolds. From there we follow each character as they interface over the subject of dolphins and their intelligence. Chronologically the story starts in 1945 and moves into the present.
The premise of this story is that we are at a crossroad on our journey, and we are in grave danger of taking a wrong turn. The author postulates the idea that dolphins are trying to communicate with us if we can only understand them. What if a dolphin has the ability to communicate telepathically with another dolphin? Would this mean they can instruct each other and pass on information that is needed for survival?
How aware are you of the New Age philosophy? Are there Spirit Guardians among us and if so are they trying to communicate a message to us? Are we listening? This book seems to be along the same line as “The Secret.” It is just the old New Age Philosophy coming at us again. The New Age Philosophy postulates that all is one, one is all; that there are spirit guides available for us to guide us and inform us. In the case of this story instead of spirit guides we have dolphins.
The publisher, iUniverse, is a self publishing imprint. That means that the author paid to have his work set in print. Would it have had a chance in the market of Simon & Schuster, Harper Collins, or Penguin Press? Only the author can answer that question.
The author, Eric Rankin, lives in Southern California with his wife, Elena and Son, Ryan. He has been known to swim with the dolphins. The publisher has given this book a Publisher’s Choice award. To purchase this book you can ask Barnes & Noble to order it for you or you could order it online at www.iuniverse.com.
Summer is coming up. Now is the time to settle back with a good book. Before you buy that book, read some reviews and see if it is the one for you. In the coming reviews DANE ROBERT SWANSON will show you some summer reading.
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on June 6, 2008. Read the original PDF.