What fears, desires, passions, and talents in our bodies are shaped by past cycles? Lander’s Gate by Kevin S. Moul merges such Buddhist teachings of reincarnation with suspenseful fantasy into a riveting thriller.
Lander Gate has the ability to access others’ past lives and relive that experience with them, spinning new stories that change the course of their futures. Through its cinematic setting and rich language, Lander’s Gate encourages readers to remain curious about their past lives and current passions.
Our window to Lander opens on October 26th, 2009. A bruised and battered man wakes up on the street without any memories, only a hospital bracelet with the name “Lander Gate” and the strange ability to walk through the stories of others’ past lives.
Despite his unfortunate circumstances, Lander is determined to make the best out of his situation. Somewhat aware that his experience in Wrimo Hospital was haunted by extreme violence, Lander hides on the streets of Phoenix, Arizona. He learns to endure the discrimination faced by the houseless community, trading support for his newfound skills at life-changing storytelling.
In experiencing moments of others’ past lives, Lander makes himself vulnerable to overwhelming emotion but wields a vast amount of affective power.
He solves past and future crimes, inspires people to locate their hidden talents, and reaches into people’s psyches to reveal the origin of their deepest fears. However, Lander’s powers drain him even as they save his life. Each time he makes contact with another’s past, they spiral into a doubled experience that merges the present and the past. “You can think of it as being in two times at the same place,” Lander explains. He must walk the line between using his talents for the benefit of his community and drowning in an infinite pool of the past.
Along the way, Lander gathers a collection of friends who benefit from his gifts and join him on his mission to understand his own origins and destroy Wrimo Hospital’s evil core: the powerful Dr. Aradice. Tracing the story of Aradice’s past medical abuse and finding empowerment between the lines, Lander learns to understand his power, accept his story, and receive love from others.
Lander’s Gate is steeped in enlightening Buddhist principles that allow readers to imagine a humanity built on shared experiences, intentional care, and honesty.
Readers who are drawn to morally complex narratives, Eastern philosophy, and action-packed mystery will find Lander’s Gate by Kevin S. Moul impossible to put down.
