I thought I was travelling across the world.
In fact, I was travelling back to the beginning of my life.
I just didn’t know it yet.
It began with curiosity.
Why did certain patterns keep repeating? Why did some places, people and experiences feel strangely familiar? Was I simply living my life—or unconsciously trying to resolve something that had begun long before I had words for it?
What began as a search across continents, landscapes, mythology and memory gradually became a journey into my own history—exploring the hidden connections between childhood, relationships, trauma and ancestry.
The five books tell that story.
Together they form one unfolding journey through travel memoir, mythology, psychology and ancestral discovery. Each book reveals another layer of the mystery until, at the very end, the hidden pattern finally comes into view.
The Five Books
Two White Feathers and a Handful of Rocks
The Call to Adventure
A chance meeting with a Peruvian shaman begins what I believe will be a three-month journey through South and Central America. Looking back, it was the first clue in a mystery that would take years to understand.
Enchanted Beings
Learning to See Differently
Returning home with more questions than answers, I begin meeting people whose lives are shaped by ritual, creativity, nature and story. Without realising it, I am learning a new way of understanding the world.
Summerlands
When the Old World Falls Apart
Following a series of family deaths, the journey takes me to Glastonbury. Mythology, landscape and grief become intertwined, and the search shifts from outward exploration to a much deeper personal enquiry.
Sin-eater
Following the Hidden Pattern
The investigation turns inward. Guided by therapists, storytellers and ancestral clues, I begin exploring the hidden relationship between childhood, trauma, memory and the stories carried through generations.
Once the Fair Goes
The Missing Piece
The final clues come together. Family history, relationships and forgotten ancestors reveal that the journey was never simply about where I travelled—it was about understanding what had shaped my life from the very beginning.
One Story Told in Five Books
These books were never planned as a series.
Each one was written as the journey unfolded. Only at the end did I realise they formed a single story—a journey from curiosity to understanding, where each book changes the meaning of the ones that came before.
Together they explore travel, mythology, grief, psychology, ancestry and memory, asking a simple question:
What shapes a life before we have words for it?