Darkness Reflected

by Will Johnson

Every day, Noah Jamison carries an old picture in his pocket to remind him of the question. From the darkness, his answer watches, waiting.

Following traumatic events, Noah quits his position at a prestigious law firm and finds solace in a job at a quirky bookstore. He reconnects with his old friend Troy Smith, a reserved and shifty figure who carries his own deep-seated distrust. Noah comes across a cryptic journal at the bookstore that excites his interest, and he enlists Troy’s reluctant aid to track down its author.

Through the journal’s peculiar instructions, Noah stumbles into the Oneiros, an extraordinary world created and remade by the collective thoughts of every human mind. He is rescued by the world’s lone prisoner, Leah Davis, a skilled survivor hardened by the harsh conditions within the Oneiros. Together, Leah and Noah venture across impossible landscapes toward the only doorway out of the Oneiros, but in order to reach that door, they must first traverse the Melas, a dark region that preys on the mental and emotional scars of any who enter. As Noah and Leah confront their innermost tormentors, Troy furtively investigates the journal’s sinister history, and all three figures unknowingly inch deeper into a treacherous design over a decade in the making.

209 pages, Paperback

Published October 17, 2015

About the author

Will Johnson received his B.A., magna cum laude, in Art and Archaeology from Princeton University in 1968. After graduation, he worked for several years as an art critic in New York before moving to the west coast of North America where he began actively exploring gazing, moving, and sitting meditations. He became a Buddhist practitioner in 1972 and was trained as a Rolfer™ in 1976. He began the formal sharing of the practices of Embodiment Training in 1995.