Time's Musicians

Adults feared the cave and declared it "off-limits". Young Billy believed his friend’s wild story and followed him inside. In Billy’s mind, a hero believes, and a friend has to follow. How much is Billy willing to believe, and how far would he follow? How much are YOU willing to believe and does the cave scare you too?

Mark Paul Oleksiw's third novel, Time's Musicians, is a coming-of-age journey into the powers of one's mind. Billy learned at a young age that being "weird" was a badge of honor. Now the reclusive creator of a popular comic book, Billy reaches out to a retired psychologist as the events of the past begin to merge with the present in this unique psychological thriller. Enjoy Billy’s quest to find his song and end the silence once and for all. The cave awaits!

The Reviews

"Time's Musicians is a suspenseful musing on existence, relationships, truth, and purpose, offering a satisfying conclusion, along with plenty of profound questions that will persist long after reading the last page" –Self-Publishing Review ★★★★½

"A complex, well-written story of boys coming of age and the darkness they must face."– Wishing Shelf Book Review ★★★★★

"Time's Musicians is a suspenseful novel whose characters search for redemption, hoping to solve long-standing mysteries." - Clarion Foreword Reviews ★★★

The Story

Time's Musicians is a compelling story of the wonders of the mind, friendship, and the eternal search for belonging and truth.

A retired psychologist, Carrie Woodson, receives an email from someone she evaluated years earlier, a college student, facing serious charges for his actions on campus. The student urgently requests her assistance. Carrie desires to once and for all solve the riddle that she considers a failure in her career.

Her former "patient" was a brilliant university student who threw away his future over a "prank" on an eccentric genius engaged in a controversial new field of study. Years later, he is now a comic book creator with a cult following living in exile. Why does he seek Carrie's help now? Will Carrie finally untie all the knots and find the truth?

Time's Musicians is the story of two boys, both foster children, who fatefully meet each other at a summer camp in their teens. Both share a need to search for truth and find a connection with the universe. They reconnect in university to be creative, imaginative and push their minds to the limit. Their friendship is deeper and more complex than anyone can imagine. Did it cause one to turn on the other and descend into jealousy or worse, insanity? Or is there more at stake than even Carrie could imagine?

You will enjoy this coming of age journey which explores the bond of friendship and the human spirit.