We Are Now Beginning Our Descent

James Meeks masterful historical novel The Peoples Act of Love receivedaccolades around the world earning Meek comparisons to Tolstoy DostoyevskyConrad and Gree... » 

James Meeks masterful historical novel The Peoples Act of Love receivedaccolades around the world earning Meek comparisons to Tolstoy DostoyevskyConrad and Greene. We Are Now Beginning Our Descent is a tour de force ofstorytelling furthering his reputation as one of the most exciting andoriginal young novelists writing today. Adam Kellas a British journalistwouldbe thriller novelist and failed lover meets Astrid Walsh a selfpossessed hardcharging reporter while the two are covering allied militaryoperations in the Afghan mountains. After sharing one passionate night in awatchtower near a defunct airfield Astrid disappears from Kellass life. Ayear later following a disastrous dinner party in London during which hedestroys his few remaining friendships Kellas receives a short beseeching email and hastily embarks on a transAtlantic journey to a small town near theChesapeake Bay where he believes Astrid waits for him. Kellas envisions thefresh start that his new life with Astrid might offer unaware that she may beharboring unsettling secrets of her own. A passionate incisive novel We AreNow Beginning Our Descent lays bare the entwined hypocrisies foibles anddesires of our age and is a testament to the obsessive pull of love. «