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Trinity
From the haunted deserts of Afghanistan,
to the seedy underbelly of America,
a metaphysical mystery unfolds…
DALTON is an average man, working construction in a small town. When tragedy strikes down his only son, he’s devastated, but unwilling to let the culprits go unpunished.
TRAVIS is young and good-looking, with his whole future ahead. Unfortunately, he’s running away from one mistake after another, until he finds himself preparing a dangerous robbery.
LUKE is ex-military, and now part of a secret organization. Sent to Afghanistan to investigate a cunning magi, instead he's captured by the ancient mystic, and offered a great power.
Each struggling in his own darkness, Dalton, Travis, and Luke, are speeding toward intertwined destiny...
A trinity of men, searching for what matters in this life…
And far, far beyond it.
to the seedy underbelly of America,
a metaphysical mystery unfolds…
DALTON is an average man, working construction in a small town. When tragedy strikes down his only son, he’s devastated, but unwilling to let the culprits go unpunished.
TRAVIS is young and good-looking, with his whole future ahead. Unfortunately, he’s running away from one mistake after another, until he finds himself preparing a dangerous robbery.
LUKE is ex-military, and now part of a secret organization. Sent to Afghanistan to investigate a cunning magi, instead he's captured by the ancient mystic, and offered a great power.
Each struggling in his own darkness, Dalton, Travis, and Luke, are speeding toward intertwined destiny...
A trinity of men, searching for what matters in this life…
And far, far beyond it.
- GenresThriller
174 pages, Paperback
First published May 7, 2015
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September 14, 2015
Trinity is one of those rare books in which the act of reading seems to conjure the printed words that lay on the forthcoming pages.
Always ethereal in its depictions of the mundane and commonplace interactions or conversations that one would remember 20 years down the line; each and every character seems to take a small imprint of the other that shades them in such a way that the reader is meant to understand they are fundamentally changed for it.
Even the ones that die.
Always grounded in its dealings with the metaphysical, humor always seems to be within the grasp of the characters who are finding themselves at the footsteps of a "new" person: irony, wordplay, satire, every word cuts because, above all else, both the main characters and novel are sincere.
Yes there is a LOT of violence and death but it never feels unnecessary or gratuitous. In fact each violent act is resultant simply because one brings it upon themselves because of transgressions and the inability to be honest with oneself. This simple relationship between cause and effect is what transforms the violence from the realm of the literal to one that is much more symbolic in nature, and that is the difference.
The violence in the story exists because the characters cannot afford to lie to themselves about their nature and the nature of dogmatic belief and the destruction it brings about.
I know the writing style wont be to everyone's taste and at times may read like a "script" but if one simply considers the format of poetry and looks at this novel from that lens, akin for me at least to Denis Johnson's "Train Dreams" in soooo many ways, and maybe just go with the sparse nature of this neo-noir, existential, metaphysical mystery of the self; then I truly believe you may just find yourself reading late into the night.
Easy to follow, it is by no means an easy book but worth the read in every way. It left me feeling much the same way that "Blood Meridian" left me feeling in the end.
o_0 wow...
Always ethereal in its depictions of the mundane and commonplace interactions or conversations that one would remember 20 years down the line; each and every character seems to take a small imprint of the other that shades them in such a way that the reader is meant to understand they are fundamentally changed for it.
Even the ones that die.
Always grounded in its dealings with the metaphysical, humor always seems to be within the grasp of the characters who are finding themselves at the footsteps of a "new" person: irony, wordplay, satire, every word cuts because, above all else, both the main characters and novel are sincere.
Yes there is a LOT of violence and death but it never feels unnecessary or gratuitous. In fact each violent act is resultant simply because one brings it upon themselves because of transgressions and the inability to be honest with oneself. This simple relationship between cause and effect is what transforms the violence from the realm of the literal to one that is much more symbolic in nature, and that is the difference.
The violence in the story exists because the characters cannot afford to lie to themselves about their nature and the nature of dogmatic belief and the destruction it brings about.
I know the writing style wont be to everyone's taste and at times may read like a "script" but if one simply considers the format of poetry and looks at this novel from that lens, akin for me at least to Denis Johnson's "Train Dreams" in soooo many ways, and maybe just go with the sparse nature of this neo-noir, existential, metaphysical mystery of the self; then I truly believe you may just find yourself reading late into the night.
Easy to follow, it is by no means an easy book but worth the read in every way. It left me feeling much the same way that "Blood Meridian" left me feeling in the end.
o_0 wow...
September 9, 2015
Confusing in the beginning and no obvious connection to the 3 random dudes being followed along then in the last chapter suddenly everyone is suddenly thrown together and still nothing friggin makes sense. I don't understand what happened besides ALOT of death, like everyone holy crap
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October 29, 2015
I was one of the lucky winners of 'Trinity' in a recent Goodreads First Reads Giveaway.
I must admit that I couldn't make head or tail of this book at first. However, I soon found myself turning the pages. A good read!
I must admit that I couldn't make head or tail of this book at first. However, I soon found myself turning the pages. A good read!
October 26, 2015
Great adventure style story with the twists and turns that can keep a reader going. Tough to get started and keep up, but if the reader stays with it, can really find it interesting and memorable.
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