The Traveler by Deborah Dugan – Review by Roxsanne Lesieur.

The TravelerThe Traveler by Deborah Dugan
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Tristan is a man with few friend, but a fulfilling life as a structural engineer, he designs buildings for a living and enjoys the process, just like he enjoyed the studying he had to do to be able to do it, however, one day after a terrible migraine, he sees a spiders leg coming out of the air vent and starts to panic, however, when this spider starts to talk to him, it sends him over the edge. The Traveler has spent many years trying to make contact with someone who will give him the time of day, he has observed Tristan and thinks that he might be the one to finally talk to him, but what he didn’t expect was that Tristan has arachnophobia, so The Traveler has to step in and hope that it doesn’t cause a problem with his plan.

When Tristan wakes up and realises that the spider is real, he doesn’t want to accept that, or the fact that it can communicate with him and he thinks that it is a set up, however, as more time passes and The Traveler begins to tell his tale, Tristan becomes more and more sure that this is someone, or something that he wants to know more about and The Traveler is more than happy to tell his story to Tristan.

As the two spend more time together, Tristan starts to realise that maybe his self-imposed isolation isn’t all it’s cracked up to be and has to do some soul searching while he isn’t talking to The Traveler, while The Traveler is hoping that the more he opens up to Tristan, the more hope he has of fulfilling his mission and this be his final learning experience, can he truly feel and encompass all the feelings he has inside him from learned experience and will Tristan be able to overcome the barriers he has placed around himself and allow the true identity of The Traveler to reveal itself? This is an uplifting sci-fi tale of experiences and learning curves, told from the viewpoint of someone not of this world while helping another to work through their experiences and emotions to become a better person, as you follow on this voyage across time.

Reviewed by @roxsannel

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