Submitted by Hope (Dec 02, 2008)

I happened across a coverless copy of The Dark River quite by accident at a local farmer's market one Sunday afternoon. I was in desperate need of something intriging to read. As some may know, it's much harder to judge a book w/o a cover. So as I searched in vain through the many faceless books, finding nothing I could "connect" with I noticed the name first, Native American something sparked my memory about that name but I couldn't put my finger on it(that and my kids were bugging me to leave every 5 seconds!). Next I noticed a lone motorcycle riding down a long winding road on the spine of the book and that sealed the deal for me, the book was mine and that was my only reasoning (if u wanna call it that)for wanting this book my love of motorcycles and native american culture! Normally under better circumstances I would have would have looked into the book more thoroughly b4 purchasing but something hooked me like I said. Come to find when I got home and had the chance to realize that this book was a sequel to The Traveler by JTH, a book I had read years ago and had left a profound image upon my subconcious for awhile. I had all but forgotten about my reading that book w/ so many books in between and life's daily struggles an all. Don't get me wrong, that book in my eyes had only begun to scratch the surface of an all too true reality we are already facing in our world today. That alone should be impressed apon as many as possible! Well, after the amazement of the "ramdomness" of the series of thoughts it took to propel the purchase of The Dark River wore off and I realized that even in randomness, there is some meant to be for I believe I never would have found this faceless book.

A builder of babel should never discredit other's created ladders that might be used to get heads above the water. Give no hint or secret in a ladder either. Bold move, remain anonymous, travelers are on the rise.

While on one of our many journeys here and there, my brother picked up a copy of The Traveller in a dusty little Highland shop. He dissapeared into his tent for an entire day to read it; after which I had to prise it out of his hands to see what all the fuss was about. I'm SO glad I did! Earlier this year, we even turned around from our wanders to go back and look for the sequel. (Suffice to say, we got the last copy) The Traveller is still one of my favourites, and I can't wait for the last installment, even if it does mean we have to double back on ourselves yet again!

I´m an 36 year old mum from Sweden.....I´ve read a lot of sci-fi and fantasy in my days but this...... this is the far best ever! You see, I live in a very small village with an even smaller library and there I found this extraordinary book! In OUR little library....I finally relized there is a bigger "something" in this world and I thank it, because this is the greatest book ever written! Can´t wait for the next, and feel an extrem urg to find more books, novelles or even poems (if there exists any)from this author that changed my reading for ever! I can just say a humble thanx, thank you for this book! And thank you,my lokal librerian that have such an open mind about "new" books and "new" authors and give them a place in the shelfs)

I can't wait for the third book!! I got the first one at the library and read it in one night. Couldn't put it down... Got the next one that week and it, too, has been immediately and voraciously read. Any idea when the third one is schedulaed? These books are so involved and deep and so hideously 'could be real right now'. Fabulous!!