Web Address: www.lrhartley.com/ward

Submitted Profile: Dominic Ward…born 3rd of April 1977. Now acclimatized to the rigours of mental production. Raised the son of an architect and neuro-psychologist, works within the framework of the “Druggists”, an intimate collection of like-minded writers and artists who seek to strip back their works to a level of integrity satisfactory to only the creator themselves. Is currently developing his own process of writing – a detached collection of ideas and words that are set exactly in place so as to form a whole only when viewed from a distance. Suicide at 61?

Published work: Of Paths and Storms and Rainforest Ghosts

A linear narrative that is set in a country on the brink of a civil war. The plot traces Captain Greyhelm’s mission to re-activate a telecommunications transmitter set deep in the bush, some days hike along a dream-like path. Greyhelm and his assigned subordinate, the Lieutenant, follow the path doggedly through many twists and turns, while with every new step, Greyhelm shares pieces of his story – a story that eventually climaxes with the brutal revelation that the mission to the transmitter is not exactly what it should be. He believes he has the trust of those who have assigned him to this task…but should he?

This work guides its reader, should they be open to the journey, through many different levels of human consciousness. It is at once an ambitious piece that may or may not become apparent to its reader, and a simple adventure story revolving around the concerns of a man torn between violence and peace.

Illustrated by: Lionel Hartley, PhD

Published by: Central London Publishing (London, England)

Publication Date: 2008

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