Award Winning New Age Fiction

It doesn't happen often that one stumbles into a new book and sees many pieces of the puzzle of life suddenly fall into place. That was my experience a few nights ago, as I got lost in the timeless words of Changing Planes by Laurie Brenner.

When I received my order from Amazon, I was relieved the book was not too long, and I figured I would read it in a just a few days. As it turned out, I couldn't put it down, and I finished reading it the next day.

I don't think words can properly convey what I gained from reading this book, and since I believe that each person benefits differently from the same experience, I won't bore you with details of why this book is just so amazing to me - I will let you decide for yourself how it will affect your life.

Changing Planes tells the story of Madison, a young and ambitious VP of an upper scale department store. The moment Madison reaches her gate and waits to board a plane headed to the Caribbean, odd things begin to happen, but she quickly quiets her screaming intuition down with a pacifier of rational explanations. Strange occurrences continue after the plane takes off, and they rapidly escalate until Madison has two choices - she can ignore the gifts given to her and continue her life with a limited perception, or she can embrace a new reality and change her world.

The end of the book is jarring to the senses, as the reader awakens to the awareness of how choices made throughout life can deeply affect every step of our journey. Our lives are so intricately interconnected with those of others that a small change can alter the course of many destinies.

Changing Planes made me laugh and cry, but mostly it gave me the opportunity to take an honest glimpse deep down within my own soul. As I held the book in my hand, I felt almost as if Universe had gifted me with an extra chip to play a more exciting game.

Laurie Brenner's style of writing is delightful and easy to follow, sprinkled with just enough humor to make it appealing to the young and old alike, and her spiritual lessons are powerful enough to make the story unforgettable.

Changing Planes is not just a story; it can be YOUR story, if you dare to look within with an open mind and a heart ready for personal transformation.

At that moment, a silver disc appeared before us, hovering gently in open air. What I took to be a street was not. I looked at the disc carefully and could see through it. The airport terminal also hovered in mid-air. Several thousand feet below, I saw what looked like earth, but I could hardly tell from this height.

The fear of falling welled up in my throat and tightened into an aching lump.

"Not to worry, dear, you can't fall and plummet to the earth here. In fact, we don't even need the disc, but this will help you through the next moments."

Grandfather answered my unspoken thoughts.

"Step lightly and stand still."

I stepped up and stood still, all the while keeping my eyes closed. I didn't care if my grandfather held my hand-I was scared.

"That wasn't so bad, now was it?"

I didn't feel anything yet still didn't open my eyes.

"Are we moving grandpa?"

"No, we're here now, step down."

I opened my eyes and stepped down. What greeted me took my breath away. Every which way I looked I saw complete beauty. The colors of everything were so vibrant, bright, and luminous.

"Are you sure this isn't heaven?" I asked.

We stood in front of a small creek. To my right the creek meandered through green trees that breathed in and out, as they plunged their roots deep into the earth.

"The trees are breathing!"

"Of course they are, they're alive, and they have consciousness. Would you like to talk to a tree?"

"I can talk to a tree?

"Sure!"

At my answer, the tree nearest me wavered and the shape of a body flash-forwarded, like the trails of a mouse on a computer, and walked towards me. A willowy and etheric female stood before me in human form.

And you won't guess the ending unless someone tells you. When Madison Reeves, a high-end West Coast retail department store exec boards flight 41 for her long overdue Bahamas vacation, little does she know that she will soon meet loved ones from a familiar past and an unfamiliar future.

After flight 41 passes through a weaving curtain of light in the twilight sky, a series of events unfold that will leave Madison at an airport terminal hung between the worlds of the living and the dead.

It is here that she is greeted by her long-deceased grandfather who will accompany her part of the way on her spiritual journey between worlds. It is because she avoids the painful secrets buried deep within her own heart that she finds herself thrust upon this journey of the spirit.