The Celestials

Love is unimaginably beautiful, with the power to shake mountains and create fountains. If you are lucky, then love is written for you in the stars. For lovers can be joined through time and space, across aeons, their souls connected by tenuous but resonant chords, their cores made from the same stardust. Their essences can be polar opposites, magnetic, and destined to collide. But this series of stories follows the journey across time and space of two souls, two lovers destined to meet in different lifetimes, in different bodies, but always drawn to each other by their inner compass guiding them true across the centuries.

Legend

Fifty years after a devastating plague nearly wiped out humanity, the Zaltana ‘High Mountain’ reservation stands as a sanctuary of survival and rebirth. As the anniversary of these events arrives, Qaletaqa ‘Guardian of the People’ recalls the ancient prophecy of his mother, Violet Grier, the white woman destined to save the Zaltanian bloodline.

Gathering the tribe’s children, Qaletaqa recounts the dark days of the sickness and the mysterious events leading up to it. Through the carvings of an ancient totem and the wisdom of Chief Hawk-Eye, he reveals how Mother Nature fought back, unleashing spirit beings to restore balance. The tale follows their American allies, Drew Cunningham and Sergeant Gordon Phillips, as they faced unimaginable dangers to aid the tribe.

As Qaletaqa delves into the past, he shares the struggles, sacrifices, and triumphs that forged their new world. This is a story of prophecy, resilience, and the enduring power of legends.

“It’s easy to remember the monsters out there, but it’s just as easy to forget the monsters in our minds and in our hearts.”

Just in Passing

Just In Passing by Joseph Roccasalvo showcases a striking talent for the formal style in poetry. The collection is masterful for employing rhyme, meter, and the wordplay of puns and paradox.In the celebration of the highs and lows of romance and abiding friendship, the poems are subtle and emotional, complex but always comprehensible. They share the gift for point and counterpoint in their musical precision. The playful wit, conspicuous in the poems about friendship, captivates the astute reader.Just In Passing will inspire those who have a zest for the poetic craftsmanship of rhyme and meter.