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Journey Within: A Tale of Astral Travels - Robert Ross Book Review

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Mach/4, 22.95, 242 pp.
ISBN: 0966958845

In his middle age, Mike wonders if life is just too long for permanent relationships. He divorced when his children were four and two respectively. Now teens, they seem adjusted, but he questions what is happening in his love life. He sees Carole, much younger than he is, but she wants more than he can give. Mike's thoughts wander back to Dierry, his "dream girl" from his salad days when he believed that there was more to life than his experiences have since found.

A weary Mike recalls the memory of an elderly woman who insisted he had an old soul filled with past lives. That elderly woman “escorts” Mike on a journey along an astral plane into the past lives he lived and the women he loved crossing the ocean to Ancient Gaul and later existence. However, these flawed relationships seem to reverberate the problems of present day Mike.

This is a great look at human relationships including harmony within oneself via superb vignettes that are part of a powerful story line that takes the reader on a journey of the mind. Robert Ross allows the audience to believe what we want as he never sets in concrete whether the astral trip is a genuine time travel trek or whether Mike even lived those previous lives. Regardless of which theory the reader accepts, fans will agree that JOURNEY WITHIN: A TALE OF ASTRAL TRAVELS is a triumphant one sitting reading experience along the cerebral yet entertaining plane.

Harriet Klausner

Harriet Klausner, Resident Scholar


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Tone of book - depressing/sad
FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION? - science fiction story
Time Travel: - largely backwards/past
Romance Yes
Romance plotlets: - two lovers coping with tough mission
Is this an adult or child's book? - Kid's book (ages 7-14)
Time Travel story? Yes

Main Character
Identity: - Male
Profession/status: - business executive
Age: - 40's-50's
How sensitive is this character? - middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - very athletic

Main Adversary
Identity: - none

Setting
Earth setting: - general past
Takes place on Earth? Yes

Style
Person? - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - no torture/death
How much dialogue? - significantly more dialog than descript
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