Subway of Light

SUBWAY OF LIGHT a novel by JULIAN BOUND Because Sometimes a Second Chance is All We Need Following an accident Josh finds himself sat alone at the back of an empty New York subway car on a deserted station with no memory of how he arrived there. A man approaches and tells Josh he has been taken out of his life to take a journey on the train. Acting as a guide he explains they will make several stops and that each station visited may seem familiar to him. Arriving at their first stop they witness a young couple meet for the first time. Their ensuing subway stations follow the young couple's life as they experience courtship, marriage, tragedy and happiness. Watching their lives unfold Josh's memory begins to return until it is he himself who must decide the fate of his own final destination. A story of awakening, 'Subway of Light' is a healing book of love found, lost, and regained through the act of belief and trust, not only within others but also in ourselves. A heart-warming modern day tale of kindness, understanding and forgiveness. About The Author Born in England, Julian is a documentary photographer, film maker and author. With photographic work featured on the BBC news, his photographs have been published in National Geographic, New Scientist and the international press. His work focuses on the social documentary of world culture, religion and traditions, with time spent studying meditation with the Buddhist monks of Tibet and Northern Thailand and spiritual teachers of India's Himalaya region. His photography work includes documenting the child soldiers of Myanmar's Karen National Liberation Army, the Arab Spring of 2011, Cairo, Egypt, and Thailand's political uprisings of 2009 and 2014 in Bangkok. With portraiture of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, Julian has extensively photographed the Tibetan refugees of Nepal and India. His other projects include the road working gypsies of Rajasthan, India, the Dharavi slums of Mumbai, the riverside squatter slums of Yogyakarta and the sulphur miners at work in the active volcanoes of Eastern Java, Indonesia. Present for the Nepal earthquakes of 2015 he documented the disaster whilst working as an emergency deployment photographer for various NGO and international embassies in conjunction with the United Nations and the World Wildlife Foundation. With numerous published photography books Julian is also the author of nine novels including Subway of Light, Life's Heart Eternal, The Geisha and The Monk, By Way of The Sea and All Roads.