"Moore's tale is beautiful and mysterious, and great fun even as it plumbs metaphysical depths. A tour de force!" -Jess Lederman, award-winning novelist and founder of The Works of George MacDonald Labyrinth of Dreams, by Brian Christopher Moore, the visionary author of Beneath the Silent Heavens, is a symphonic work, lush and lyrical, rich with philosophical insight, and leavened by a joyful sense of humor. In prose reminiscent of George Macdonald and Charles Williams, and at times harkening to Evelyn Waugh, J.L. Borges, and C.S. Lewis, Moore leads the reader on an astonishing journey of discovery and hope. The four novels that comprise Labyrinth of Dreams tell a timeless tale that will delight readers of Lewis' Space Trilogy and Till We Have Faces, Ende's The Neverending Story, and Miller's A Canticle for Lebowitz.
The concluding volume of Brian Moore's Labyrinth of Dreams, The Hallow Ways, wrestles with the assertion that Christianity is too good to be true. Enchantment, wild Christianity, and the healing power of sacred story are set against the ideological science of dark powers. Joss Wherryweather follows a path that leads to unlikely guides through a wasteland that is both bizarre and weirdly familiar. The Elder returns to Sky after a sojourn in the land of yearning sorrow. The last days of Henry Ellwood bequeath insights that come from breakdown and rebirth. Soon, Sky and the City are thrust into the momentum of events both destructive and mystifying, though the young woman bears within her a powerful hope that sets her apart from her peers. The victory of the Christ child can be nothing less than the perfectly whole.
Brian Christopher Moore has a PhD in Literature from the University of Dallas. His 2019 novel, Beneath the Silent Heavens, a reimagining of the story of Noah and the Flood, received rhapsodic reviews and is revered by a steadily growing readership. There is no truth to the rumor that he comes from a family of Druids or that he will only drink plum wine, though it is possibly true that he prefers cats to humans, allowing for exceptions.
