Will You Help Us And Hold One Last Concert

 Imagine you and your partner are looking at somewhere to live that's prominent, for your growing business yet plenty of room for any expanding family.

A disused church set high on a hill in the United Kingdom overlooking a beautiful landscape and nearby village comes onto the market and the opportunity is too good to pass up.

Your work as a sound engineer re-recording and polishing sounds for record companies before they lay final music tracks on compact discs means you are looking for a building with excellent harmonics and the former church fits the bill.

Music runs in the family as your wife is a piano and singing teacher who brings the former church alive with her singing.

The hairs on the back of your neck first rise when you check out the former church with the real estate agent and see a metal etched photograph of a boys choir that used to sing in the church. You stop dead in your tracks when you believe you can actually hear the boys singing as you check out the old building.

Obviously your imagination runs wild and you discuss what you experienced with your wife. The pair of you buy the disused church and move in.

On your first day at work you've set up your equipment and make yourself a cup of tea and sit down to enjoy it. A cold feeling comes over you and you clearly hear a teenage boy ask whether you will help the choir that used to sing in the church to hold one last concert so they can farewell their parents.

The problem with all this is that the boys' choir met an untimely death as they were being transported to the airport to begin a concert tour in Australia a decade ago.

This is the scenario I deal with in my latest book on the afterlife, One Last Concert.

This book deals with moving on the spirits of people who meet an untimely death and become trapped between heaven and earth. It looks at the spirits of the boys being able to communicate with the new owner of their former church, John Sutton and delves into the world of people who can help the trapped spirits move on.

The United Kingdom is renown for its love of community singing and this book captures a growing community support that wellsprings into a national push to support the Suttons on their quest to help the boys. In doing so, the Suttons unite not only a village but also a nation.

Reviews

Emotionally Moving And A Wonderful Escape

Once you start, you get straight into the story line, the characters are brought to life with wonderful sensitivity.  

This is a feel good book, and great for someone who has lost someone, as it gives you hope there is life outside of what we know. I found the book to be emotionally moving and it was a wonderful escape from life as we know.  

A book filled with hope, community spirit and love. 

Anjie Lal

One Last Concert

Always Live The Adventure

How many times have you picked up a book and got hooked on the adventure or intrigue on the front or rear cover of a tome?

Ever really wondered if the author actually has been involved in the exploits he sets his characters in or just has a good imagination and research skills?

I'm one of those authors who has had a rich life full of adventure and intrigue because of my lifestyle. As a teenager I wanted to do something different rather than live my life around sport like the weekend football. Instead, I found a love for the Australian bush and harsh environment.

I became challenged as I undertook basic bushwalking around the various National Parks. This was a great way to learn how to read maps, pitch tents and know how to get out of emergency situations. Eventually this escalated to the serious push to walk in the dangerous Blue Mountains where the pace and danger escalated.

On the way, I learnt to abseil and do basic rock climbing. These were skills which I needed to help me undertake the more exciting caving and canyoning. If you need an adrenalin rush, these are sports that will quickly give it to you. However, they are fraught with danger and must be seriously respected. My biggest abseil was the height of a 25-storey building down a huge open sink hole. Getting out was very hard as I climbed the tiny metal ladder and pulled it up after me.

Other challenges were needed by me sports-wise and I took up scub diving to enjoy a whole new way of enjoying the ocean and the experience has ben nothing but breath taking. Playing with fish and seeing the beautiful coral colours.

In my career I became a newspaper Journalist where I wrote news stories on crime, features and specialist columns. I ran Venturer Units for boys aged 14 to 18 for more than 35 years and helped take them to new heights of adventure within themselves. I found time to also be part of the local State Emergency Service, Bushfire Brigade and Army Reserve - all at the same time.

All these real life adventures helped build a wealth of stories inside me that I wanted to publish so I could challenge teens to read more and enjoy the outdoors.

My maxim has always been: 'Always Live The Adventure'. I used this to write my trilogy aimed specifically at youth in Scouting and Girl Guides. These books were Only The Brave Dare, Canyon and A Rite Of Passage.

I developed a second maxim when I began to write my afterlife series with my first book, Finding Thomas. The maxim I use for this series is: 'Listen to your inner self.'

Without having lived the adventure and seen, smelt, felt and experienced what my characters do I believe I couldn't put the realism into the books that I have.

If you are looking for books of adventure with real life characters and places that highlight Australia, then pick up a copy of my books - you'll love them.

Check out my web site at www.christopherholcroft.net for details

Christopher