For Katherine Orr the words “I love you “ are not enough. Only a demonstrative expression of her husband Jayce’s love can rescue their relationship. But Jayce’s personal demons prevent him from giving her this even though he knows that she is all that stands between him and a descent into chaos. Simultaneously, Bryan struggles to repair the breach of love in his life caused by the death of his daughter. But his wife, Jayce’s sister, grows ever more distant. Charismatic social activist Faith, who longs for love but fears she will lose herself in it, unwittingly becomes the catalyst for change in the lives of all four characters. The paths of these four converge toward a tragic event as each struggles to decipher the intricacies of love lost and love found. Each discovers in their own way that love is the living core of human existence and that how we love defines who we are.
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This is a great book. Michael is an amazingly sensitive writer. I found myself getting caught up in the characters. The plot and characters kept my glued to the pages, and had me in tears when... but no, I don't want to spoil the story! --Joan Burton
Michael Robert Dyet has set a new bar for authors. His unique approach to the written word infused with internet enhancement may well be the literary wave of the future. ~ Donetta Garman
--Allbooks Review
Until the Deep Water Stills will invoke deep emotions from its readers, and make them think about the nature of love and how its peaks and valleys often transform interpersonal relationships over the years. ~ Douglas Cobb
--bestsellersworld.com
The theme of facing up to the consequences of our choices is poignantly unfolded... The writing is excellent, whose luminous quality oft outshines the waxing moon on the deep still water.
--Ben Antao
Until the Deep Water Stills was a fascinating read; readers can relate to the characters, their issues and demands. All of us have secrets we keep hidden from others, as do the characters in this book. ~ Carol Hoyer
--Reader Views
Michael Robert Dyet has set a new bar for authors. His unique approach to the written word infused with internet enhancement may well be the literary wave of the future. ~ Donetta Garman
--Allbooks Review
Until the Deep Water Stills will invoke deep emotions from its readers, and make them think about the nature of love and how its peaks and valleys often transform interpersonal relationships over the years. ~ Douglas Cobb
--bestsellersworld.com
The theme of facing up to the consequences of our choices is poignantly unfolded... The writing is excellent, whose luminous quality oft outshines the waxing moon on the deep still water.
--Ben Antao
Until the Deep Water Stills was a fascinating read; readers can relate to the characters, their issues and demands. All of us have secrets we keep hidden from others, as do the characters in this book. ~ Carol Hoyer
--Reader Views
From the Author
"Until the Deep Water Stills" is entirely a work of fiction. But it is rooted in, and testifies to, two unalterable truths. The first is that, at some point, everyone faces a crisis of faith - faith in one's self, one's belief system or the justness of those happenings beyond our power to control.. The second is that our fate is inextricably wound up in the lives and actions of those people who occupy the inner circle of our life whether we choose them to be there or not.
"Until the Deep Water Stills" is, by design, layered, intricate and deep much the same way our lives are. You may go as deep as you choose into those layers. It is not necessary to penetrate them all to follow the plot. But the deeper you go the more you will find.
Each chapter of this "internet-enhanced novel" has a corresponding entry on the optional, online companion. Once again, you do not have to read the online entries to follow the plot. But if you choose to, you'll go deeper into the fabric of each character and understand them better.
So dive in as deep as you dare. The deeper you go the more the deep water stills.
"Until the Deep Water Stills" is, by design, layered, intricate and deep much the same way our lives are. You may go as deep as you choose into those layers. It is not necessary to penetrate them all to follow the plot. But the deeper you go the more you will find.
Each chapter of this "internet-enhanced novel" has a corresponding entry on the optional, online companion. Once again, you do not have to read the online entries to follow the plot. But if you choose to, you'll go deeper into the fabric of each character and understand them better.
So dive in as deep as you dare. The deeper you go the more the deep water stills.
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MICHAEL ROBERT DYET
I am The Metaphor Guy. Novelist, closet philosopher, chronicler of life's mysteries - all through the lens of metaphor.
Author of "UNTIL THE DEEP WATER STILLS: AN INTERNET-ENHANCED NOVEL" - double winner in the Reader Views Literary Awards:
* Canada East Region Winner
* Writers in the Sky Award for Best Creative Writing of the Year
A traditional print novel with a unique and groundbreaking online companion featuring text, imagery and audio recordings. Available from Amazon. See book review excerpts below.
Author of "METAPHORS OF LIFE JOURNAL aka Things That Make Me Go Hmmm". Follow my journal postings at this site or at its permanent home www.mdyetmetaphor.com/blog2 where you can subscribe to the RSS feed. Metaphors of life Journal categories: Shifting Winds, Sudden Light, Deep Dive, Songs of Nature.
The novel's online companion is located at www.mdyetmetaphor.com/blog.
Want to know more about me? Visit my website at www.mdyetmetaphor.com.
BOOK REVIEW EXCERPTS
"The most engaging thing about this book is how real it seems, especially as you read each of the characters journal entries (on the internet). It is as if you are sneaking a glimpse into the most private parts of a person's life, showing how fragile and tenuous life really is.
The well developed characters and the effectively told story, not to mention the striking book cover, create a book that I would highly recommend to others. Michael Robert Dyet has set a new bar for authors. His unique approach to the written word infused with internet enhancement may well be the literary wave of the future."
Donetta Garman, Allbooks Review www.allbookreviews.com
"What a great idea, to combine the best of two worlds - literature and the Internet - and create a novel that is "Internet enhanced" - that is interactive. That's just what author Michael Robert Dyet did with his debut novel, Until the Deep Water Stills, in which readers can go to a web address at the end of each chapter to read further information on that chapter and its characters, and to view cool photographs...
Until the Deep Water Stills is a novel that will invoke deep emotions from its readers, and make them think about the nature of love and how its peaks and valleys often transform interpersonal relationships over the years. Its use of the Internet really adds a lot of interest to the novel, and makes reading the book an interactive experience."
Reviewed by Douglas Cobb, bestsellersworld.com
"Michael Dyet offers a glimpse into the evolution of the novel, harnessing the new technologies to reveal layers of story in a way that can only be done in the electronic age. Dyet deftly uses the Internet to create underlying strata, allowing the reader to slip away, if she wishes, from the third-person narrative of the novel to access the first-person intimacy of the blogs, diaries, letters, audio, and photo journals of the characters. When the reader returns to the main narrative, it is with deeper understanding, and sometimes astonishing new facts.
Marianne Paul, Author of
Tending Memory, Twice in a Blue Moon and Dead Girl Diaries
"This book is fantastic. I read all the time and I have to say it has been a rare thing to come across such a thoughtful, emotionally relevant and ultimately inspiring novel. It is clear that the author "gets it" when it comes to what really goes on between people, be they lovers, families or friends. I highly recommend it."
Katy MacKinnon
"This is a great book! Michael is an amazingly sensitive and intuitive writer, and obviously understands more about the vagaries and intricacies of love than most people learn in a lifetime. I really found myself getting caught up in the characters. And the internet links really add a lot."
Joan Burton
"It's an urbane story of relationships and choices people make. The theme of facing up to the consequences of our choices is poignantly unfolded, with the tragic loss of love and life, a cautionary tale of our contemporary times.
"The writing is excellent, whose luminous quality oft outshines the waxing moon on the deep still water."
Ben Antao
Past President, Canadian Authors Association, Toronto Branch
Author of: Blood & Nemesis, Penance, Living on the Market
and The Priest and His Karma
"It is an unusual book in that each chapter is told from the viewpoint of one of each of its 4 main characters. I haven't gone online to delve deeper, and I suspect that the loss is mine because Mr. Dyet's writing style is compelling - very eloquent use of language and you can easily get swept along on the lyrical nature of the writing.
The characters are believable and given the depth to which the author relates each character, it is to his credit that their portrayal remains true to each - each being so different too... I would say it is a book for the 'Oprah Generation'."
Lynn Fallon, United Kingdom
"The interesting added dimension to this book is the Internet component that reveals more of the characters and their secrets. The affair that Katherine conducts happens mostly in this dimension and I would have missed it had I not read her online journal. I think Dyet has hit on the future of the book - with the technology available and emerging - it could become a multi media experience."
Shane Joseph, Author of Redemption in Paradise and Fringe Dwellers
I am The Metaphor Guy. Novelist, closet philosopher, chronicler of life's mysteries - all through the lens of metaphor.
Author of "UNTIL THE DEEP WATER STILLS: AN INTERNET-ENHANCED NOVEL" - double winner in the Reader Views Literary Awards:
* Canada East Region Winner
* Writers in the Sky Award for Best Creative Writing of the Year
A traditional print novel with a unique and groundbreaking online companion featuring text, imagery and audio recordings. Available from Amazon. See book review excerpts below.
Author of "METAPHORS OF LIFE JOURNAL aka Things That Make Me Go Hmmm". Follow my journal postings at this site or at its permanent home www.mdyetmetaphor.com/blog2 where you can subscribe to the RSS feed. Metaphors of life Journal categories: Shifting Winds, Sudden Light, Deep Dive, Songs of Nature.
The novel's online companion is located at www.mdyetmetaphor.com/blog.
Want to know more about me? Visit my website at www.mdyetmetaphor.com.
BOOK REVIEW EXCERPTS
"The most engaging thing about this book is how real it seems, especially as you read each of the characters journal entries (on the internet). It is as if you are sneaking a glimpse into the most private parts of a person's life, showing how fragile and tenuous life really is.
The well developed characters and the effectively told story, not to mention the striking book cover, create a book that I would highly recommend to others. Michael Robert Dyet has set a new bar for authors. His unique approach to the written word infused with internet enhancement may well be the literary wave of the future."
Donetta Garman, Allbooks Review www.allbookreviews.com
"What a great idea, to combine the best of two worlds - literature and the Internet - and create a novel that is "Internet enhanced" - that is interactive. That's just what author Michael Robert Dyet did with his debut novel, Until the Deep Water Stills, in which readers can go to a web address at the end of each chapter to read further information on that chapter and its characters, and to view cool photographs...
Until the Deep Water Stills is a novel that will invoke deep emotions from its readers, and make them think about the nature of love and how its peaks and valleys often transform interpersonal relationships over the years. Its use of the Internet really adds a lot of interest to the novel, and makes reading the book an interactive experience."
Reviewed by Douglas Cobb, bestsellersworld.com
"Michael Dyet offers a glimpse into the evolution of the novel, harnessing the new technologies to reveal layers of story in a way that can only be done in the electronic age. Dyet deftly uses the Internet to create underlying strata, allowing the reader to slip away, if she wishes, from the third-person narrative of the novel to access the first-person intimacy of the blogs, diaries, letters, audio, and photo journals of the characters. When the reader returns to the main narrative, it is with deeper understanding, and sometimes astonishing new facts.
Marianne Paul, Author of
Tending Memory, Twice in a Blue Moon and Dead Girl Diaries
"This book is fantastic. I read all the time and I have to say it has been a rare thing to come across such a thoughtful, emotionally relevant and ultimately inspiring novel. It is clear that the author "gets it" when it comes to what really goes on between people, be they lovers, families or friends. I highly recommend it."
Katy MacKinnon
"This is a great book! Michael is an amazingly sensitive and intuitive writer, and obviously understands more about the vagaries and intricacies of love than most people learn in a lifetime. I really found myself getting caught up in the characters. And the internet links really add a lot."
Joan Burton
"It's an urbane story of relationships and choices people make. The theme of facing up to the consequences of our choices is poignantly unfolded, with the tragic loss of love and life, a cautionary tale of our contemporary times.
"The writing is excellent, whose luminous quality oft outshines the waxing moon on the deep still water."
Ben Antao
Past President, Canadian Authors Association, Toronto Branch
Author of: Blood & Nemesis, Penance, Living on the Market
and The Priest and His Karma
"It is an unusual book in that each chapter is told from the viewpoint of one of each of its 4 main characters. I haven't gone online to delve deeper, and I suspect that the loss is mine because Mr. Dyet's writing style is compelling - very eloquent use of language and you can easily get swept along on the lyrical nature of the writing.
The characters are believable and given the depth to which the author relates each character, it is to his credit that their portrayal remains true to each - each being so different too... I would say it is a book for the 'Oprah Generation'."
Lynn Fallon, United Kingdom
"The interesting added dimension to this book is the Internet component that reveals more of the characters and their secrets. The affair that Katherine conducts happens mostly in this dimension and I would have missed it had I not read her online journal. I think Dyet has hit on the future of the book - with the technology available and emerging - it could become a multi media experience."
Shane Joseph, Author of Redemption in Paradise and Fringe Dwellers
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3.0 out of 5 stars
Love Lost, Love Found,
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This review is from: Until the Deep Water Stills (Paperback)
What a great idea, to combine the best of two worlds - literature and the Internet - and create a novel that is "Internet enhanced" - that is interactive. That's just what author Michael Robert Dyet did with his debut novel, Until the Deep Water Stills, in which readers can go to a web address at the end of each chapter to read further information on that chapter and its characters, and to view cool photographs. The novel itself is about how two married couples deal with their feelings of falling out of love, and drifting apart from each other, and how a tragic event causes them to find love again. Also, a charismatic social worker, Faith Catherwood, who longs for love is the catalyst for change in the lives of the other four main characters. If you enjoy reading novels about the theme of love lost, love found, then you will probably like reading this book very much.
The chapters of the novel are divided up among these five characters and the plot is seen through their individual perspectives. The reader can see the dissolution of their love from both the male and female's point of view in each case this way, and get deeper insights as to how and why the couples drift apart. Going online is not necessary to understanding and fully enjoying the novel, but it adds to the experience. There are, for instance, blog entries you can read, and you can see some of the photographs that the character Katherine Orr, who is trying to start up a career in photography, has taken. Some of the photographs are very beautiful, and including them is a nice touch that helps to immerse the readers of the novel more completely into the lives of its characters and makes them more realistic. The two couples are the aforementioned Katherine Orr, whose husband Jayce doesn't want her to go back to work because he fears her desire to do so is a sign that she wants to gain enough economic freedom to leave him, and Bryan (Katherine's brother-in-law) and his wife Grace (her sister). Bryan and Grace's teenage daughter died of a drug overdose and dehydration at a Rave, and both of them handle their daughter's death very differently, Bryan wanting to hold the memories of Sarah close, to visit her grave, and try to understand more about what happened, while Grace seems colder, and wants to emotionally detach herself from the memories, likely afraid they'll hurt her too much if she dwells on them. Then, there's Faith, who lived a wild life when she was a teenager, but now has come up with the idea of having Drug-Free Raves, and has one in honor of Sarah. Bryan attends and is surprised to hear Faith dedicating the Rave to his daughter. He wishes Grace would have attended also, but he knows she has a hard time dealing with the situation, and would prefer not to deal with it at all, if given a choice. When he talks about his relationship with Grace to Katherine at the Rave, and they're both questioning whether or not their spouses still love them, Bryan tells her his feelings about what happens to love in a marriage over the years, saying that there are high and low points: "Marriage is like that. There are peaks and valleys. God knows Grace and I are in a valley right now. But you have to believe you'll get through it. Or past it or over it. That's what love is all about." There are some annoying grammatical errors, such as sentence fragments, that distracted me from getting into the story. Also, there are sometimes unusual capitalizations of letters, like in chapter 5, when she refers to the press conference about the Drug-Free Rave series as a "Press Conference," and in chapter 6, when Faith muses about "Peregrine Falcons" instead of peregrine falcons. The novel would have benefitted, in my opinion, from having been proofread more thoroughly. Still, overall, it's a pretty interesting book, and the web site is appealingly designed. Until the Deep Water Stills is a novel that will invoke deep emotions from its readers, and make them think about the nature of love and how its peaks and valleys often transform interpersonal relationships over the years. Its use of the Internet really adds a lot of interest to the novel, and makes reading the book an interactive experience. It's not a perfect book, grammatically speaking, at any rate; but, story-wise, it's a very good debut from a talented author whom I'm looking forward to reading more from in the future. I'd recommend it to anyone who likes to read romance novels and books about the dissolution and rebuilding of relationships. --Douglas R. Cobb--
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Unrelenting Cycles of Grief,
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The five central characters in this novel are locked in grief, constantly psychoanalysing themselves, their actions and those of others. Michael Dyet uses elaborate layering in his prose to draw his characters down, deeper until they reach the still water at the bottom and emerge from their condition. Not all arrive though: some are locked in anger and hate, and self-destruct enroute; others, ensnared in the guilt stage, engage in self-destructive behaviour and are left damaged and having damaged those nearest to them as well.
This is not a book for the meek of heart, it took me some time to get through it. The interesting added dimension to this book is the Internet component that reveals more of the characters and their secrets. The affair that Katherine conducts happens mostly in this dimension and I would have missed it had I not read her online journal. I think Dyet has hit on the future of the book - with the technology available and emerging - it could become a multi media experience. My only concern as a fellow writer is that we writers will have to do more to sell our new creations for the same price that a regular book sells today - providing accompanying blogs, interviews, voice-overs and even video footage. Kudos, however to Dyet for showing us how and for stretching the known form into something more complex and rich Shane Joseph www.shanejoseph.com
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