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Immortal Water
Guernica Editions, Spring 2018
360 pages
Trade Paperback
ISBN13: 9781771832434
ISBN10: 1771832436
English
$25.00 Canada, $25.00 US
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Immortal Water is an extraordinary tale of the Spanish conquistador Juan Ponce de Leon and a retired history teacher, Ross Porter. In parallel, interlaced plots both men suffer life altering crises. As age steals away their powers they obsess in a quixotic search for the mythical Fountain of Youth. Each man's search reveals significant shifts in his life. In the depths of a Florida cypress swamp their quests culminate with astonishing results. Intriguing, poetic, and timely.
Immortality, or its illusion, is the greatest gift of youth.
Van Norman has again proven his ingenious ability to actualize his characters with prolific creativity and marvelously exquisite prose; intimately familiarizing his readers with each well-developed personality he crafts into life.
Deborah Weisberg
[The Betrayal Path] An entertaining page-turner with a plot that comes to a boil in Quebec at the Battle of the Plains of Abraham in 1759. Part of the fun for readers is in guessing which characters were real people and which are imagined.
The KW Record
[The Betrayal Path] Page after page of pitch-perfect dialogue and a good amount of wry, Flashman-style humor.
Steve Donoghue, Historical Novel Society
[The Betrayal Path] Van Norman has truly brought to life the characters and period in the history of Canada. He has captured the true essence of the times and people who lived then. It is a great read full of adventure and romance. A great Canadian historical novel!
Charles Goulet, The Chronicler
Reviews
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Book Review: Immortal Water, p. 11
Senior Voice of America - January 15, 2019
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Immortal Water by Brian Van Norman, reviewed by Pat Girard
Quick Brown Fox Canada - November 15, 2018
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