The Book of Wisdom The Harmony of the Spheres 1 edition by Jeremy Falcon Literature Fiction eBooks
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Epic Adventure for Music Lovers and History Buffs
The Book of Wisdom is a journey from the ancient Near East to yesterday's Dublin, a hunt for the very first song, and a quest to rediscover the bonds between religion and superstition, between history and myth, between art and reason, between love and hate.
A scribe fights to save his heritage from the Roman legion. A professor seeks atonement for his mistakes. Both men, scholars separated by millennia, seek a pathway to the divine, sacrificing all to protect an ancient melody that opens a door between the realms. But while the power is great, good and evil are hard to balance when heroes cannot tell magic from physics in a universe where both exist together. Men and women fight for what they desire most, believing it to be for the good, but how can one know what is true when science is also a myth? And when a hero falls in battle, we pray that another will rise to take her place so that evil, if evil it is, will not overwhelm us all.
It is the first book in the four-volume series, The Harmony of the Spheres. Book Two The Sword and the Pen is scheduled for release in the Spring of 2016.
Jerusalem, Palestine. 68 CE.
Jacob ben Honi must fight to protect the woman he loves and the heritage of his people from the vengeance he brought upon them. He hides an ancient book of songs, then encodes its location on a Copper Scroll. Next, he sends this Scroll on an odyssey which will draw generations of seekers into its wake. The scribe’s ruse sparks a war waged across centuries, while he is left with a debt he must wait millennia to repay.
Dublin, Ireland. 2011 CE.
Lured by a woman and a song, Douglas Crenshaw deciphers an Arabic poem and uncovers an ancient melody. As his rivals close in, he rekindles a flame while facing the truth about his past. Conflict leads to murder as his team joins the hunt for the Copper Scroll. Yet when he finally confronts the woman of his heart, she reveals a secret from their past. He realizes he has been duped. The origin of an ancient song is no longer the only mystery he has to solve, and the answers, it seems, are just beyond his grasp.
The Book of Wisdom The Harmony of the Spheres 1 edition by Jeremy Falcon Literature Fiction eBooks
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The Book of Wisdom The Harmony of the Spheres 1 edition by Jeremy Falcon Literature Fiction eBooks Reviews
Music has the power to move us, but what if its power was such as to move nations, crush enemies and bind lovers? The Book of Wisdom explores the fascinating theorem that all things are tuned to their own harmonics. In the historically accurate setting of 1st century Jerusalem and 21st century Chicago, Falcon follows the paths of two scholarly worlds in a tale of magic. That of 1st century Jerusalem searches to employ the mystery of the harmonics that unite us all through music. The other seeks to unravel that mystery through the relics and clues that remain. In both worlds, there are heroes and villains struggling to gain the knowledge of the universe. The tale is told with intelligent wit, colorful characters and a scientific sense that makes you believe that this theory might just be plausible. A definite page turner!
The Book of Wisdom made me wiser in the powers of music and life during antiquity. I am a musician, so it was easy to imagine the characters’ reaction and reverence for the instruments and writings.
I really enjoyed the author’s technique of structuring the book with two parallel story lines. One story line started in 66 CE and described how a musical treasure was used, hidden and probably lost. This story line taught me about the culture and life style experienced under the tight control of the Romans. The other story line started in 2011 and described how the same musical treasure was being hunted for by academics, historians, relatives, reporters and criminals. This line has lots of mystery and excitement, much like an Indiana Jones movie.
The vivid setting details and superbly developed characters made my imagination of the desert scenes and life in antiquity alive and vivid. It was a very hard, and usually short, life for all back then. The modern story line was also well developed and had a good mix of characters. I found myself particularly drawn to Pam who is mathematician, computer programmer, and overall technology wizard.
Overall, the book had great character development, mystery, surprise, suspense, and left me desiring that the story continue.
Thank you, Jeremy Falcon. I look forward to your next books.
Jeremy Falcon's "The Book of Wisdom" is both academic and adventurous as it takes readers from the hot desert sands of Roman-occupied Judea to the prestigious halls of a Dublin research library. It's two protagonists are Douglas Crenshaw, an unorthodox university professor who's made a name for himself obsessing about the ancient music of bygone eras; and Jacob ben Honi, a renegade Roman soldier who returns to Jerusalem to save his people from foreign attack. Both characters' journeys revolve around music and a mysterious manuscript—The Book of Wisdom—whose buried secrets hold the potential to both rewrite history and shake up the status-quo.
This novel is fast-paced, dynamic and exciting, filled with intrigue and danger as its characters risk everything to uncover ever-larger truths. There is romance, suspense, friendship and betrayal within its pages. There are breathtaking panoramas of now-vanished landscapes brought magically back to life with the author's expertly-crafted prose. There is humor, irony and pithy observations about the human experience. The action scenes sparkle with the intensity of a roaring fire in the darkness. The characters are intrepid and interesting with strong motivations for doing what they do. The chapters end in suspense, leaving readers wanting to know more! And all throughout, the author seasons his writings with insightful observations about the evolution of music and its role in shaping civilization itself.
Fans of Dan Brown should not miss reading this daring work by a first-time novelist. What a fantastic read!
This book was written so that it causes the reader to feel like s/he is now experiencing time as of the Common Era C.E. The book is divided into chapters so that one chapter is always entitled October 1, 66 C.E. and the next chapter is entitled June 20, 2011 C.E. and they continuously switch back and forth because the earlier time wrote about characters and activities that were important to music and the 2011 C.E. is about Professor of Musicology, Douglas Crenshaw.
The earlier time features Jacob, who was a Judean, but fostered by a Roman officer and as a Centurion, Jacob ben honi, decided to give up his allegiance to Rome and return to being a Jew, which he was raised as a child. During his early years, he was musically inclined and studied music with the Essenes as music was one of their foremost practices. Jacob not only learned to play the lyre and flute, he also was a beautiful singer. Music being broken down into codes so that different sounds could be produced was practiced at that time.
The later time features Professor Crenshaw of Northwestern University, along with two other famous men of Musicology and Professor Crenshaw believes that everything on Earth is the result of music and throughout the ages various cultures have worked with sound, coding it and attempting to produce sounds of nature and invention. He is cranky and impatient with anyone who says different. He has an assistant, a graduate Lucy, who helps him research. Recently a young woman, Pam Goddard introduced herself after one of his lectures, saying she has a Master in Applied Mathematics. Professor Crenshaw has just been fired by the University when he receives an invitation from Dr. Fatima Al-salem, head of Medieval Islamic studies. According to Crenshaw, music first began to be recorded on paper by the Spanish and Arabs and some of those early arrangements cannot be translated. Fatima has just received an ancient vocal arrangement, which no one can translate musically and she invites Crenshaw to come to Trinity College in Dublin to work on it. Trinity College is famous for having many ancient manuscripts. Crenshaw takes Pam and Lucy with him. Pam disagrees with Crenshaw about music being the basis for everything, but math is. However Pam’s ability with math, especially when writing for the computer, is most helpful. The vocal piece Fatima has, she hopes is one named “Cantilena de la Luz” that has always been rumored to exist, but no one has ever seen it.
Now that is the crux of this story. But especially in the 66 CE era, there is much action because Rome is out to control Judea and has already conquered Galilee on its way to Jerusalem. Much of the history of this era, many readers already know or might be interested in it. In the 2011 C.E. period, although there is some action, it is filled with dialogues by Crenshaw while he explains music, how it developed, and how different tones are developed. Unless a person either has a background for this or wants to learn about it, it becomes boring.
The book is well-written and it is whether the reader enjoys the content as to its appeal. I was given a pdf copy for an honest review.
Choppy in places and sometimes cliched, but overall well done. I enjoyed it very much. Would recommend it to others.
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