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They of Star is a Novel
Entwined with the tale of a family born of The Star, that have come to The Land to protect the sacred secret from the corrupted mind of The Other.
They of Star is an Audiobook
Filled with sound design, a cast of seasoned actors, and with an original soundtrack of music playing around and within every emotive word spoken.
They of Star is a fully immersive Live Book Reading Experience
With music, imagery and all performed by myself, the author, Mervyn Noel Whitley Jnr.
My Spoken Word
Is entwined with music, performance, imagery and honesty and gives an authentic moment of my soul as a soft but sometimes brutal offering to you in hopes of a shared moment together.
They of Star
Emotive, Unique, Stunning, ‘They of Star’, my debut novel, is an offering unlike most work yet encountered within the literary world. A book crafted as opposed to written, ‘They of Star’ has no comparison in its approach to story telling, offering a new and enticing methodology in word play and poetic license.
‘They of Star’ was written to a rhythm, to music and to a feel, and in doing so captures the movement of all that lives within us. This novel does not adhere to the conventional thought of story telling or layout, instead keeping to the integrity of the sentiment that lies within a song. If a moment is needed to reflect and to ponder, to love or to lose, then this is what both the reader and the character experience rhythmically as one. If a character falls within a moment, a moment of words is perfectly given to let that moment truly exist. If clutter is created to convey chaos, to confuse or confine your mind, this too, in all its conceit, is captured and given. If a time of breath and love is found between characters, then breath and love is reflected in the words, the layout and the poetic verse that is offered.
This unique method of placement of words, the rhythm of the story, and the honesty of each breath breathed, makes you authentically and naturally fall within the moment the character experience themselves.
your rhythm realized
‘They of Star
Is the story of us’
The Story of They of Star
They of Star, written in a contemporary style reminiscent of old English prose, tells the story of a family that is born from The Stars, but has decided to live in a world called The Land. An evil presence that is kin to the family of The Star, has started to make his presence known upon The Land and all prepare for the inevitable battle that they know will soon come. All the while they must protect a powerful secret that will determine the fate of all those living upon The Land, a secret that can either save or destroy their future and all those alive, a secret that, depending on who is the possessor of this most honoured and sacred of secrets, will bring either freedom, or will bring death to all.
Spoken Words
I write words, rhythmic words, words intertwined within music and emotive doubt and stupid naivety, ignorant and sometimes arrogant certainty, intensive love and belief and honesty, but always made from a place of absolute authenticity.
My spoken word poetry is akin in their creation as my novel, ‘They of Star’, with words placed around music and delivered with emotive honesty and reckless necessity. We have all been within the depths of a breakup, a loss, a new love, or a forgotten intimate moment, and my poetry brings these moments back to our touch.
With such pieces as ‘Halo’, ‘Elephant’ and ‘I Will’ and many more, my spoken word poetry gives you a small but powerful piece of my soul each time I read them.
When I read, I talk to you, when I read, I know you, when I read you know me.
The Live Readings
I perform my ‘They of Star’ book readings to original music with the readings themselves holding a captivating sense of power to them, which have already proven an effective conduit in attaining a new readership base. They are read to an original music soundtrack written by the immensely talented Rodger Cunningham from Rodgerson Media Group, Ltd. The readings are emotive and unique, using music and ambience to entice the listeners to step beyond the realm of place, and in fact offer them the chance to feel and experience the happenings within the very story itself.
No other novel has used this approach, the style and format that we have employed, and no other novel has been released with an original soundtrack as such.
Additionally, my spoken word poetry is also performed in a similar vein, using a variety of different music sources, all delivered behind the mic, on stage, with imagery and with total honesty and authenticity as their origin.
Meet the Author
Mervyn Noel Whitley Jnr
