| Like his obsessive, eccentric protagonist,
commercial pilot Edward Es literally shoots the moon in his debut
novel, Skyeyes, a complicated sci-fi/fantasy… a fictional milky
way concoction that's part rocket science, part unexplained phenomenon,
and part religion. Skyeyes opens the reader's mind to a possible
"other world" among us… filled with true myth, magic,
and miracles… also admirable thanks to the author's ability
to aptly touch the reader's susceptible places of unhealed loss
and grief.
This book is remarkable in that it weaves together unexpected poetic
analogies with a number of childlike songs: "I brushed the
stardust from my eyes. "Keep them closed," a soft voice
sighed. Two kisses touched them, one on each. My spirit stilled,
I could not breathe."
... truly an inspired testament to the resilience of the human
spirit. In fact, If Skyeyes were ever to shape-shift into a movie,
it has the potential to grow up and become… a brilliant shooting
star.
C.J. Schepers
Editor, Creative Communications
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