Carson Boss's "Glimpse"...A Book Review

 Last Saturday, I found myself in my old stopping grounds. I had a meeting which may turn out to be something cool (more details to follow if it actually happens...). And because I was down south, I decided on my way home to stop by my friend's book signing for his debut novel, Glimpse. 

I'm glad I did.

It's a great little story.

Carson Boss's Glimpse mixes a ghost story, a love story, an interdimensional adventure that's fresh, engaging, and thoughtful. Mark Banks, a university freshman in Maryland, finds himself caught up in a mystery brought on from an assignment in his favorite class. While visiting a cemetery Mark and his friends try to capture paranormal evidence, a subject Mark found incredibly interesting. The events at the cemetery will soon change his life.

Thus begins a journey that includes Mark, his friends, his professor, his religious leader, and a girl who experienced the same thing a year before...someone Mark needs as a resource but who becomes much more.

Though Carson has written several non-fiction works, this is Boss's debut fiction novel. He does a good job with the characters that we feel we know them on a deeper level. The many conversations help us as well as Mark understand the worlds that are now open to him. Because their mission is so important, evil forces seek out Mark and his friends to try and stop them. Will Mark succeed in stopping ultimate evil be unleashed on the world? Or will the darkness overcome the bank of spiritual warriors?

To find out, you can order Carson's book by clicking the Amazon site: HERE. If you like plucky teenagers battle what appears to be unsurmountable forces, you'll like Glimpse. I know I did.

Carson Boss's Book..."Your Wife Has Cancer...Now What?"

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I found out the other day that a friend of mine wrote this book, Your Wife Has Cancer...Now What? If you're interested in buying it, you can at the link: HERE. I haven't had the chance to read it yet, but I can garner so much of what this project is just from the title.

It's a cry for help.

It's a search for understanding.

It's a cathartic exercise.

It's a way to show love and respect.

It's a prayer.

I see this as a project to do something! It's like watching your wife go through labor. You want to help, as much as you can--as a husband and father--you'd do anything to help, but in the end, the really hard stuff must be done by someone else.

I'm sure that when I read the book, I'll learn a lot more than what I believe the book to be. I'm sure that there's very useful information that can help. I'm also sure that I never want to actually put that good information to use.

I have enormous respect for anyone who has seen a literary project through to its conclusion. Well done, Carson! And I am so glad things are well with you and your family.

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