Holy Trinity: An Eagle Tree Story

The Eagle Tree #2

by Ned Hayes

Holy Trinity continues the story of March Wong, the unusual protagonist of the acclaimed bestselling novel THE EAGLE TREE by Ned Hayes. In this short novella, March Wong explores the world of Pacific Northwest lichens and makes a unique discovery.

Genres: Fiction

43 pages, Kindle Edition

Published December 31, 2016

About the author

Ned Hayes is a novelist and journalist whose books have been published around the world in many languages — most recently the national bestseller THE EAGLE TREE, which was named by Steve Silberman as one of the top 5 books about the autistic experience. His previous novels include the acclaimed historical novel SINFUL FOLK, illustrated by New York Times bestselling author/illustrator Nikki McClure, which was nominated for the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Award. He was educated at Stanford University and the Rainier Writing Workshop and has served on the boards of the Reading Foundation and Clarion West. He is the founder of Human Intelligence™, an institute dedicated to the preservation and promotion of human creativity.

Reviews

[Shomeret · Rating 4 out of 5]

This short story is about an autistic teen doing science. He is conducting an experiment in an attempt to achieve something that adult scientists have never been able to do. This is an audacious goal, but it's entirely in keeping with the character of Peter March Wong who we first encountered in The Eagle Tree.

My only problem with this story is a spoiler. March's mother objected that the mold in his room was toxic. March told her it wasn't toxic. I knew someone for whom it would have been toxic. She had a severe allergy to mold. Exposure to mold made her very sick. What if March's mother had such an allergy? What if his uncle had a mold allergy? He had no way of knowing, but he didn't even ask. Experiments require informed consent from those involved. This is a mistake that could have had terrible consequences which wasn't addressed in this story.

March defies limitations and makes mistakes. Hopefully, he learns from these errors. I thought that this was an interesting subject for a story about an autistic teen.

[Mark Heyward Johnson · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another visit with OlyWa

A short and very focused visit with Peter and his biological interests, sprinkled with some winds of Unity of Olympia. In other words, another journey back to one of my favorite places, one that will always live inside of me.

[JenBsBooks · Rating 4 out of 5]

I liked this. Very short, text included in KU, there was audio, but it wasn't included and I wasn't willing to pay for it. I actually tried the "Alexa read to me" figuring of any book, this would be a good candidate, as March doesn't use a lot of inflection and sounds a little robotic ... but I could switch the voice to male (I could overall, but the "reading" voice was still regular Alexa) and it was skipping, so I just read it.

March points out that he hasn't switched from his love of trees to love of lichen, but that lichen are an extension of the tree habitat. This had some interesting facts and I felt like I learned a little something. It got a little religious (not super surprising, given the title), of course March doesn't believe in God.

March's Mom ... on the one hand, she's super supportive and puts up with a ton, on the other hand ... she didn't even peek into her son's room for days/weeks, to notice he'd brought the forest inside and was growing mold and fungus on the walls and everything?

[Sam Blake · Rating 2 out of 5]

I enjoyed the Eagle Tree a lot - it was a well curated novel that had been put together in an intricate way that gave a good insight into autism whilst still being a really capturing story.

This novella, however, seemed like a rushed, rough and ready project that didn’t really add anything to March as a character, with an oversimplified story line that had many unrealistic elements, and wasn’t that capturing anyway.

There were also religious undertones to the book that left a bitter taste in my mouth, especially as it wasn’t listed as a “Christian” book and nor prefaced as such anywhere (although I suppose the title, in hindsight, hinted to this). In parts it felt very preachy without adding anything to the story and I felt almost as though the author was trying to spring it on me

[Sarah Geraghty · Rating 4 out of 5]

Added extra

Another lovely insight into an amazing mind... The magical world of March. So well written and a pleasure to read

[Cathy · Rating 5 out of 5]

I felt his need to protect this tree. Enjoyed this read immensely.

[Bret Parker · Rating 4 out of 5]

A heartwarming tale of a budding scientist whose will to discover is unstoppable.