Book Review. Eternal Road: The Final Stop by John W. Howell

Time is endless in thy hands, my lord. 
There is none to count thy minutes.
Rabindranath Tagore

The idea of eternity as it relates to God is an essential concept in any religion. We all know that God is eternally existent = God exists outside the human concept of time, but also inside of time.

If eternity can be as long as you desire, this means that life after death is a never-ending trip; it is the answer to making your dreams come true, the opportunity to visit as many places as you’d like, and to help as many people as you wish. These ideas are what the novel is about: time, love, change, death, an infinity of the soul, the world without end.

Eternal Road: The Final Stop, by John W. Howell, is paranormal fiction with a fresh take on the genre. The novel unites mystery, suspense, thriller, supernatural, and metaphysical sub-genres. It begins with a road trip across different centuries where the main characters – James and Sam – are determined to live eternal life (after death) to the fullest. It isn’t often that people feel free enough to live the life they want. Society has too many constraints. Plus, there’s no Travel Machine yet…😉 So, John W. Howell is inviting us to experience something we can only fantasize about.

The story is an odyssey of two broken, or lost, souls. This is an odyssey which could include any historical event, where you can meet anyone: from Wyatt Earp to Lucifer or from Hitler to Florence. A trip to the dark corner of your soul, a journey with unique and individual lessons.

There’s a concept regarding: the slower you move, the faster your time passes, and the faster you move, the slower your time passes. James and Sam had found the way to slow down time to the point of zero – basically, they are moving at the speed of light between the Bellagio in Las Vegas and the Twin Towers; between a western saloon and the Central Chief from the future (year 3935). They are masters of their own destiny in the spiritual world. They are two souls on the path of their last self-exploration.

Jung once said: “People will do anything, no matter how absurd, in order to avoid facing their own souls. They will practice yoga in all its exercises, observe a strict regimen of diet, learn theosophy by heart, or mechanically repeat mystic texts from the literature of the whole world. All because they cannot get on with themselves and have not the slightest faith that anything useful could ever come out of their own souls.”

What Jung describes is a sad fact, and this theme is not an easy topic to write about. Will our heroes, Sam and James, rediscover themselves? Will they face their fears and fantasies? We have to read the book to find out. 📚☕️😬

One of the things I admired about John W. Howell was that he could harken back to a golden age of mystery and historical fiction and still keep this work relevant and exciting in contemporary times. I loved the supernatural elements, which were woven seamlessly into the text and dialogues. I also thoroughly enjoyed the character development of James as he continued to figure out his place and purpose on that Eternal Journey. I felt that Sam brought out many new sides to James’ personality, which were fun to see and explore, especially the erotic sides.😜

There is no road in this book without peculiar meetings and experimental spooning.
There is no page without a deep bond between the two main heroes.

I would highly recommend Eternal Road: The final Stop by John W. Howell as an accomplished work of historical paranormal fiction with a theological aspect that fans of the genre won’t want to miss out on.

Ah, and the most IMPORTANT!!! Do not forget the car… 

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46 Comments

  1. I just had some wine and speak of eternity. Yes, some would do anything in order to avoid facing their own souls.
    Mind-spinning.

    1. Author

      Agreed 👌 & the quote is right to the point…

  2. Thank you so much for this thoughtful and expressive review, Ray. Your reviews alway hit the mark on some of the deeper messages contained within the story. James’ development was a theme that you uncovered as being significant and is one of the major points of the novel. Much like in this life maturity takes many faces and acceptance of reality is often the hardest to do. Some never get there. I was so glad you mentioned the bond between the two characters as well. This bond made it possible to have a story in the first place. You have brightened my day and I am grateful for your words. Also, I’m very happy you enjoyed the story. 🤗

    1. Hey! You’re the author! T’hell you doin’ here?

      1. Author

        John is a blogger too!! 🙃📖 I’m mentioned him – his blog. He’s writing cool funny stories 😛 & thrillers!!

      2. I love it here and try to hang out as often as possible. Also, to thank Victoria for the fabulous review. 😁

        1. Author

          😁👋💜

    2. Author

      It was a great read! I think people should love it because it’s philosophical, historical & magical = entertaining!! 📖💜👋😀

    1. Author

      💜💜 yep! Plus you’ll visit so many historical events!! Very cool 😎

  4. That’s a fabulous review! Congratulations to John.
    I really enjoyed this one as well, particularly the combination of history and paranormal. So well done!

  5. Excellent review. Thanks for sharing your thoughts.

    Congratulations, John.

    1. Author

      Thank you 💚😃👋

  8. What a lovely, thoughtful review, Victoria. I enjoyed this book, too, though I wasn’t nearly as eloquent about it. (I’ll have to work on that! 😀 ) Great to see John Howell, Eternal Road, and that 1956 Oldsmobile here today! And congratulations, John. This was a real treat! 🙂

    2. Author

      Thank you 😊 a lot!! And true, wonderful book & story 💜👋

  9. Fab review – congrats to John! Have this one coming up soon on the TBR.

  11. That is a fantastic review. I’m not nearly so eloquent in my reviews. You make me want to get to this one faster.

    1. Author

      Thank you 🙂 yes, was a fun read!

  12. Congratulations, John. Eternal Road gets a lot of attention. This is a fabulous reviews, Victoria. Thank you for sharing.

    1. Author

      Thank you 😊

  13. Congratulations to John for such a wonderful review. Thanks for sharing your thoughts on Eternal Road, Ray 🙂

    1. Author

      Thank you, and yes – awesome read 🙂 💚

    1. Author

      😌☀️💜💃

  15. John, your book covers are absolutely great!! I am a very slow reader, but I will get through these!

    1. Author

      ☀️☀️🕺🕺👋

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