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My Own Little Place

Southwick House was once a cherished family home, but the build-up to D-Day changed everything. This story recreates the impact of those events on the family. Follow Bronagh and Finn as they navigate modern-day challenges, uncovering Celtic mysteries and secrets. Their journey takes them from Ireland to the US, facing intrigue, danger, and the fight for a better environment. Will ancient wisdom and the latest tech help them succeed in their quest?

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Book Details

Format

Paperback
Imprint

Chalk Stream Books
ISBN (Paperback)

9781917056007
ISBN (Kindle)

9781917056038
Language

English
Page Extent

374
Page Size

200 × 130mm

About The Author

Stephen Payne

Stephen Payne

Stephen is, like all of us, a man on a journey in search of himself. For all of us that journey is a quest for love, power and self expression, a journey that we all hope will lead to a kind of ‘coming to oneself’, a supreme home coming in which we each find ‘our own little place’.

Stephen draws from the experience of his life's journey and powerfully expresses that quest in his writing. His first Novel “My Little Place” is like a pane of cool glass upon which the anecdotal essence of his searchings, and his conjecture upon the characters in this novel, condenses in a mysteriously refreshing way. Stephen invites the reader to join with him in a quest and a struggle that is common to us all as we each strive to find our own “little place”.

For all adventuring readers aged between 10 and 105+ !!!

As heard on BBC Radio Solent, Tues 16th July 2.34pm slot and BBC Sounds …My Own Little Place by Stephen Payne…

“With regards to the storyline of The DaVinci Code, and the concepts of The Harry Potter series, the positioning with this novel is that the storyline and the spiritual battle concepts are applied to real people, but as fiction characters, in current day life.”

(This proves that JK Rowling isn’t the only author that can compose like that…)

“We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience” – Pierre Telhard de Chardin

Southwick House was a family home … An ‘Own Little Place’.
The build up to D-Day took that ‘place’ away from the family …how ? ..The dialogue of that event and the impact on the family is recreated here.
Then, embark on an exhilarating adventure alongside two individuals navigating the challenges of this present day ever-changing world.

From the depths of despair, her adventures bring to life curious mysteries, rising the Phoenix in Bronagh’s life. A brainy young woman, she needs her questions answered, like she needs gold dust. Finn’s life is barren. Does he believe romance applies to him? No he does not.

Rich Celtic culture in Ireland and beyond has underlying secrets. We are lured in and want to know more.
Weaving through the mazes and baffling laid down codes unlocks the doors to secrets that will empower them, hopefully positively- but who knows. There is intrigue and menace out there.

But what is the right place without a decent climate and environment?
They cannot help but get involved in the fight to fix it, which draws them into adventures from the US Rockies to the East Coast, a car chase, grenades and bullets fly as the Agency-world’s conflicts of interest play out in London.

Will the latest tech be enough to fulfil the Quest? The ancient wisdoms, from under our noses, are sorely needed today.

“You are taken on a journey, you are on a quest, you have adventures…
…but it could be you… it could be your life…”

Thought for the day: “A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step” – Lao Tzu

“My Own Little Place II – The Show Must Go On” …published here on Friday 14th February 2025

….a follow-on novel, the 2nd in the trilogy. Can be read as a stand-alone novel as well.”