Michael Talbot (2) (1953–1992)

I expect it is rare to have a tome imprint itself onto you in a way that you never forget the title or the author. This is my experience with this next novel. I read The Delicate Dependency in the late 80s early 90s, and I believe that my Aunt Jo gave me the novel. I always remembered that it was brilliant, but over many years I have forgotten many of the details, and in time I lost the copy I had.

The memory of this book would pop up from time to time, and I dreamed it would be wonderful to read it again. However, finding another copy was proving to be hard, so I would give up each time. Then in 2018, I tried again and low and behold I found a digital copy on Amazon! A bonus is that there was also an audiobook version. I could hardly contain myself and was very excited about experiencing this fantastic novel again.
The novel transports us to Victorian-era London. The players are Dr. Gladstone, his eldest, Ursula, his youngest, Camille, Niccolo, a youthful-looking man with angelic beauty, and the strange Lady Hespeth. The talented doctor and his daughters find themselves in an exciting and deadly pursuit, navigating the mystical world of the vampire.

This is not like any modern-day vampire novel you have heard about, and I am in agreement with many others that the late Michael Talbot created by far one of the best vampire novels around. It is compelling, spellbinding, and electrifying. Matt Godfrey is an award-winning narrator and does a fantastic job bringing this tale to life. I really enjoyed his interpretation. If you are into young adult vampire stories, then this may not be the novel for you. If you are up for experiencing a true classic, then this is a book you need to read.

Enjoy!
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This book is a tour-de-force of information on the cutting edge of research in quantum physics, neurology, parapsychology, psychology, and new age spirituality. There is information on OBEs (Out of Body Experiences), NDEs (Near Death Experiences), miracles, psychic healing, remote viewing, telepathy, telekinesis, and more. This book is not mere speculation, it contains over a 1000 detailed footnotes to books, scientific journals, and even private correspondences with the various researchers. The author's thesis is in the title to the book. But the implications of his thesis are truly mind-blowing. I can not do it justice with a summary here.

On a personal note, it has taken me many many months to get through this book. It is not because the book is long, it is only 300 pages. It was not because the book is filled with impenetrable or arcane knowledge; for the most part, I was familiar with the material presented. I did find it annoying that the author's vocabulary exceeded my own, causing me to, far too frequently, to pause and ponder the meaning of some unfamiliar terms. While I was reading this, I took a "break" and read a 500 page SciFi novel, among several other books.

The reason I found this book so hard to get through is simply the fact that my mind was resisting the truth the author was exposing. I would read a chapter, figuratively shake my head, and put the book down so I could mentally process what the author was saying. When I temporarily recovered from having my worldview destroyed, I would pick the book back up and undergo the process again with the next chapter. My (ego) mind did not want to accept the author's view of reality, in spite of his encyclopedic breadth of knowledge and his well documented, decades worth of research to come to the conclusions that he has reached. This is an advanced book for the truth seeker. Well worth a read if you are ready for it.… (more)