Review: Excellent trilogy
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 12 3, 2013
This trilogy is a fascinating blend of coming of age, dystopian fantasy, philosophy, science ficti0n and thrilling action and has the potential to become a classic such as the Celestine Prophecy or Conversations with God - only the book is more entertaining.This trilogy has much more to offer than the coming of age part and the action.Disguised in the shape of fantasy and science fiction elements in this novel I recognise many modern spiritual, esoteric and supernatural concepts, explained to the youngsters by more experienced ones, giving the small picture a wider dimension.Re-incarnation, psychic powers and astral travel, to name a few, are integral part of the story and influence the personal development and growth of our protagonists.I am personally quite open to some of these concepts and so I found it very easy to relate to the characters and the story - which in itself also reads like a good fantasy thriller."Outview (The Inner Movement)" by Brandt Legg concerns mostly two teenagers, one of them in a mental institution, and his brother in the 'real' world.Kept apart by their mother they manage to connect and start to uncover family secrets.Book one in the trilogy shows them coming into their own, fighting for survival and growing in their personal power and awareness."Outin" picks up where the first book ended. Nate, his brother and friends are still on the run from Lightyear and on their journey are helped by many helpful mystics. In this book their first escape brings them through a portal to the dimension of Outin, a magical realm.Several mystics or sages explain Nate about the dimensions, the concept of time and many new age/ spiritual / esoteric concepts that are nowadays becoming increasingly popular and part of many people's believe system. Legg does an excellent job at explaining these concepts and uses them to bring relevance to the plot. I found these parts particularly interesting and well written, although depending on each reader's believe system some concepts will be perceived as fantasy (which also works well).Legg is more playful in this novel with his incredibly imaginative and magic world creation. I hope many young and older readers will dive into the story and take to heart the many wise observations and rather encouraging messages that are woven into the dialogue and the character development."Outmove" by Brandt Legg is the third in his inspired series. The actual story takes us through time, e.g. to the time of the sinking of the Titanic, and it mostly concerns the hunt for Jadeo, a sacred box that has importance to the movement. Full of evil and inspired characters the book is not just spiritual but also great fun and very entertaining in its adventure part.Whether you see the concepts as real or only as mythical and slightly philosophical fantasy part of the story, they lend the characters additional depth and make the story more magical.Awareness, good and evil and wisdom are basic concepts that everyone can relate to, whether they are supernatural or instinctive.