Reviews

"A delirious plunge into a mystical new world. There are plenty of moments that feel allegorical - this is fiction that is a timely reminder to follow facts. Setting a novel to music is beyond ambitious, making this a truly unique audiobook experience. The surreal landscapes and dream-like events are well-matched to the intimate and organic compositions. This novel is a mind-bending combination of mixed media art, philosophy, and social science, within an enigmatic storyline that is both heady and rewarding, offering a cathartic degree of cultural critique." —Self-Publishing Review, ★★★★

“‘Glances from a future time tumbled down into Pandara’s opened mind,’ writes musician/author Trautman deep into this challenging, often elliptical journey between past and future, dreams and reality, and worlds split apart at the heart of the galaxy.… [But] Trautman has vision and, at the book’s best, imaginative and philosophical power. Readers who persist will find jolting surprises, a humane and outraged morality, and rousing considerations of the role of the individual in the collective (…) Trautman’s epic is neither easy to read nor forget.” —BookLife Reviews by Publishers Weekly