Travellers

 Travellers

Reviewed By  Ian Banks       February 10, 2023

 

Author  Donald Altman

Distributor:      Roundfire Books
ISBN:                 978-1803410944
Publisher:         John Hunt Publishing
Release Date:   February 2023  

   Website:   https://www.johnhuntpublishing.com/roundfire-books/

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In this well contrived storyline the subjects of mental health, spirituality, healing and understanding are woven together to create a fascinating journey to a world of alternatives, which while at times could be considered as confrontational, also carefully offers much for consideration on how we as people live, or choose to live, our lives.

Travellers wraps around the theme of loss when Don Banks, psychiatrist is trying to find his way through the trauma caused by the death of his daughter. He and his wife are estranged after this tragedy; she is seriously disconnected, choosing to spend her days in self-inflicted isolation, he is trying to find a pathway to accept what has happened and move on with his life.

When a troubled young man, Mason, becomes his patient his world takes a change of direction that is unexpected. As Masons’ story unfolds, Don Banks finds he is becoming more involved that he should but it is not until Mason reveals some surprising details of Dons home, he begins to think that there is far more to Mason and his story than he understands.

As the narrative progresses Donald Altman carefully opens the Pandora’s box of mental health, viewing it from a vastly different perspective. As both Ben and Mason are in need of help and understanding, are they helping each other to heal or does the mysterious ‘Traveller Jacqui’ have more to do with the healing process that either man understands.

Interesting and in turn somewhat challenging, Travellers is a complex storyline, which has perhaps a little too much built into the journey undertaken by both Don and Mason and although well-constructed with a skillful use of wording, the conclusion arrives with more of a whimper than a bang!

Fiction, New Age & Spiritual