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Seven lives, entirely different adventures set in various time periods, and a collection of dynamic characters will captivate you in Jolene Polyack’s Seven Bridges. This book depicts the seven lives of a being who was initially named Kewab. He experiences life as a young prince who becomes the King of Atlantis, a boy who becomes crippled at an early age, an artist discovering religion and several other compelling life circumstances. As the protagonist advances through each life, the audience grows along with him and can reflect upon the many meaningful lessons he picks up along the way. What stands out about this book is the author’s ability to introduce delicate topics such as religion, God and the concept of reincarnation. They are well-explored yet do not enforce a rigid or specific idea of how these concepts work and leaves much to one’s own individual interpretation. With short, eventful chapters and a remarkable narrative, readers learn enough to be able to connect with the individual characters without being weighed down by too many details. Overall, Seven Bridges is eloquently written, navigates between different storylines skillfully and will live in the hearts of readers long after they finish reading it.
- Review by the Book Excellence Awards
Seven lives, entirely different adventures set in various time periods, and a collection of dynamic characters will captivate you in Jolene Polyack’s Seven Bridges. This book depicts the seven lives of a being who was initially named Kewab. He experiences life as a young prince who becomes the King of Atlantis, a boy who becomes crippled at an early age, an artist discovering religion and several other compelling life circumstances. As the protagonist advances through each life, the audience grows along with him and can reflect upon the many meaningful lessons he picks up along the way. What stands out about this book is the author’s ability to introduce delicate topics such as religion, God and the concept of reincarnation. They are well-explored yet do not enforce a rigid or specific idea of how these concepts work and leaves much to one’s own individual interpretation. With short, eventful chapters and a remarkable narrative, readers learn enough to be able to connect with the individual characters without being weighed down by too many details. Overall, Seven Bridges is eloquently written, navigates between different storylines skillfully and will live in the hearts of readers long after they finish reading it.
- Review by the Book Excellence Awards
The Story Behind Seven Bridges
I had so much fun writing this book. I enjoyed playing with time and aging in the Twenty-Seven series. To take the time element and stretch it out even further was an exciting challenge. I knew I wanted to do this, but needed a little inspiration so I found the book “Many Mansions – The Edgar Cayce Story on Reincarnation” by Gina Cerminara. Cayce was famous for being able to go into a trance and from there help the person he wanted to help. I didn’t care about believing his abilities or not. I didn’t care about reincarnation as a fact or not. I just wanted to get the right steps in a timeline with someone who had multiple lives. The seven bridges are actually what this being crosses each time his life on earth is over. He contemplates what he’s learned before and then heads onto the next life.
Did I mention writing this was fun? I knew what cities and in what time frames I wanted for each life. But to figure out how to take everything the being learned from the previous lives and integrate into the new one was a fascinating exercise in creativity. My method was to do a cursory google search on the place and time for each chapter, then go on a nice long run. I wrote most of the chapters as I ran and then would literally bolt into the office and purge the pages out of my head. It would be nice if someone invented a mental recorder.
My initial editors liked Seven Bridges immensely. They each asked to continue with the story line in a series of books. I think I’ve got the structure set up in my head now. I’ll need a bit of time to formulate the final destination though. Stay tuned.
I had so much fun writing this book. I enjoyed playing with time and aging in the Twenty-Seven series. To take the time element and stretch it out even further was an exciting challenge. I knew I wanted to do this, but needed a little inspiration so I found the book “Many Mansions – The Edgar Cayce Story on Reincarnation” by Gina Cerminara. Cayce was famous for being able to go into a trance and from there help the person he wanted to help. I didn’t care about believing his abilities or not. I didn’t care about reincarnation as a fact or not. I just wanted to get the right steps in a timeline with someone who had multiple lives. The seven bridges are actually what this being crosses each time his life on earth is over. He contemplates what he’s learned before and then heads onto the next life.
Did I mention writing this was fun? I knew what cities and in what time frames I wanted for each life. But to figure out how to take everything the being learned from the previous lives and integrate into the new one was a fascinating exercise in creativity. My method was to do a cursory google search on the place and time for each chapter, then go on a nice long run. I wrote most of the chapters as I ran and then would literally bolt into the office and purge the pages out of my head. It would be nice if someone invented a mental recorder.
My initial editors liked Seven Bridges immensely. They each asked to continue with the story line in a series of books. I think I’ve got the structure set up in my head now. I’ll need a bit of time to formulate the final destination though. Stay tuned.