When Ken Follett releases a new epic, readers brace themselves for a vast journey across time and human spirit. His newest novel, Circle of Days, does not disappoint—it immerses us in one of the world’s oldest mysteries: the creation of Stonehenge. Like Follett’s previous works, it is a story both immense in scope and intimately human,…
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War and Peace: A Hero’s Journey Through Chaos, Love and the Search of Meaning
By Peter de Kuster Introduction: When History Collides with Humanity, What Story Will You Forge? Leo Tolstoy’s War and Peace is a sprawling epic that intertwines the lives of aristocrats, soldiers, and peasants against the backdrop of the Napoleonic Wars. Through characters like Pierre Bezukhov, Andrei Bolkonsky, and Natasha Rostova, Tolstoy dissects the tension between free will…
Here One Moment: A Hero’s Journey the Stories We Tell Ourselves
“Here One Moment: A Hero’s Journey Through Fate, Fear, and the Stories We Tell Ourselves”By Peter de Kuster Introduction: When Death Whispers Your Name, What Story Will You Live? Liane Moriarty’s Here One Moment thrusts readers onto a delayed flight where an unremarkable woman, Cherry, delivers chillingly precise death predictions to strangers. As passengers grapple with their…
Remarkable Bright Creatures: Hero’s Journey and the Stories that Bind Us
“Remarkably Bright Creatures: A Hero’s Journey Through Grief, Connection, and the Stories That Bind Us”By Peter de Kuster Introduction: When Life’s Currents Pull You Under, What Story Will You Surface With? Shelby Van Pelt’s Remarkably Bright Creatures weaves the lives of a grieving widow, a lost young man, and a snarky octopus into a tapestry of resilience….
What is Your Story? 