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Jeremy Falcon has worked as university professor and on a loading dock, as a classical musician and as a cab driver, as a writer and as a window washer. He is a teacher who has learned more from his students than they have from him, and a student who knows less the more he studies. He travels widely, searching for places where there are no tourists. This has gotten him into trouble, occasionally, but so far he has managed to talk his way out of the predicaments his lack of common sense has gotten him into. He intends to continue traveling as long as his legs will carry him, and to keep writing as long as he can still see the words on the page.
The second volume of The Harmony of the Spheres, The Sword and the Pen, will be published in spring, 2016.
Reviewed by Katelyn Hensel for Readers' Favorite
The Book of Wisdom is the first book in the Harmony of the Spheres series by Jeremy Falcon. If this book is any indicator, there is the very real possibility of a great series! Spanning many millennia and multiple characters, this is an epic quest of an adventure...but rather than fantasy, it's really a fictionalization of history which is very cool!
Although I related more to Douglas Crenshaw than Jacob, both characters were compelling and had their own drives and motivations. As a former marching band kid, I really appreciated all of the musical references...and as a nerd in general, the historical references made me feel very self-important and smart. The timing and pace of the book was interesting. I wasn't quite sure how I felt about it at first, and it did originally come off as jarring. However, as I kept reading and got used to the monumental shifts in time, I was able to get really sucked in by the story and enjoy myself.
Although the Book of Wisdom is a bit longer than I normally read, don't let that discourage you from giving it a try. Jeremy Falcon is very intelligent in his choices and the plot and history alone are sweeping and great fun to read. I recommend this book for all fiction fans...even the ones who couldn't tell Bach from Beethoven. It's about music, but there is so much more than that. The Harmony of the Spheres series looks like it's going to be an amazing ride and I can't wait to be a part of it.
