A J Miles

AJ Miles spent his early life in Malvern, Worcestershire. As a child, he roamed the same hills that inspired Elgar’s musical masterpieces and visited the theatre for which Bernard Shaw once wrote. His first ambition was to become an artist, and he went on to earn a degree in Fine Art at Stourbridge and Leicester. His artistic talent is well represented in this book: every pencil illustration is his own original work.

Writing has always been part of his creative repertoire. An early fascination with Oriental poetry shaped his literary sensibilities, though this novel—first written in the spring of 2006 and newly revised for 2026—is his first full‑length work of fiction.

He has remained in Leicester, and the story’s Earth‑bound setting is a kind of parallel Leicester. Local readers will recognise many of the places and institutions woven into the narrative, though their names have been subtly transformed.

AJ Miles was a fully qualified member of the prestigious Hypnotherapy Society, an exponent of martial arts, and a lifelong student of comparative religion, spirituality, and meditation. Every reference to these subjects in the book draws directly from his own extensive knowledge and lived experience.