Is death the end of love, or does death make love eternal? This allegorical novel explores these seemingly paradoxical questions and our longing for something beyond knowing. The authors use relationships to portray the light and dark aspects of life, as Will Allen is confronted by the loss of his love, Mary, and later loses his innocence to Martha. He finds that when the biologic drives of life collide with a love that transcends the temporal limits of existence, it takes more than logic to come to terms with the reverential aspects of love and death. www.sun-and-shadows.com

Several University graduate students, from very different fields of study, find themselves fortuitously enmeshed in life changing interactions. Their growth is largely catalyzed by the life and death of an elderly, retired physics professor, who also serves as a substitute minister at a Unitarian Church. Egotism and emotions overrule scholarly logic as their chaotic interactions evolve. Their lives are altered by their participation in a veiled reverential format, in which they grow to appreciate the transcendental unity of religious expression of reverence. The emotional expression of...