Segundo livro de Gabriel Troiano, brasileiro que atualmente vive em Londres, The Ascending Spiral reúne poemas e contos curtos em inglês que buscam responder se há situações e sentimentos recorrentes em tudo o que vivenciamos. Em seus textos, como num movimento impreciso, sujeitos, sensações, pessoas e cenas circulam em diferentes combinações e reaparecem unidos por um fio invisível, desenhado em forma de espiral. Essa espiral é ascendente por representar a nossa evolução ao longo da vida, quando, por estarmos mais sábios e cada vez mais experientes, atitudes, pontos de vista e ideias se transformam e se enriquecem.

Join us on an epic journey older than civilization itself Dr. Pip Lipkin has lived for 12,000 years, incarnated many times as man, woman, and even as species beyond our world and senses. But he's here for a reason: to pay restitution for an ancient crime by working to save humanity from certain destruction. "Ascending Spiral" is a book that will take the reader to many different places and times, showing, ultimately, that our differences and divisions, even at their most devastating, are less important than our similarities. Reviewers' Acclaim: "Bob Rich powerfully evokes the wounded healer archetype in "Ascending Spiral," taking readers on Pip's painful and insightful journey through lifetimes that serve as a shining example of how to turn misery into virtue." --Diane Wing, author, Coven: Scrolls of the Four Winds "Dr. Bob Rich's "Ascending Spiral" is a true genre-buster, incorporating elements of historical fiction, literary fiction, science fiction, and even a hint of nonfiction to create an entertaining novel with an important message." Magdalena Ball, CompulsiveReader.com "The way of karma rings true for many people, and this book is a very well written and thoughtful explanation of its message. It is also an exciting, historically accurate series of linked stories that will hold the reader in his chair for a single sitting. Highly recommended." Frances Burke, author of Endless Time From Marvelous Spirit Press www.MarvelousSpirit.com "Books that maximize empowerment of mind and spirit"