Barry Brailsford: 8 books

Human conflict touches our lives every day.We begin to think the aggression that destroys families and nations is “what always has been… and what will always be.” Yet, the indigenous wisdom keepers of the sacred histories say that’s a distortion of the human story. There were peoples who found...

The cry of the eagle, its soaring flight and the vision it brings to its realm marks this time. Drawn by the unseen, by words spoken mind to mind, the heroes of the quest (Eroa, Aria, Utini, Hera and their companions) launch their great, double-hulled canoe on the long tides. Leaving Aotearoa they...

Koro, the old one, is the Keeper of the Sacred Lore. Seven elders gather in his little seaside shack to try to chart a path for the tribe’s survival, a path that will bring together the ancient and the new: a knife-edge dangerous course. Confronting their people with the old tribal mantra… "we...

Utini, Hera and Eroa gather about them those cloaked in compassion to challenge the waves and reach the distant islands of Aotearoa. Here they penetrate deep within the mountains to reach sacred waters that open the way for the healing of the women of the planet. They travel the ancient trails the...

The old one is a Keeper of the Sacred Lore. Those who come to his mountain hut have already traveled difficult trails. Two arrive at dusk but only one is expected. The Trail Walkers sent the young woman but the man is a mystery, only meeting her in the last hour of the trail. In the days that follow...

Now the East calls the heroes (Eroa, Aria, Utini, Hera and their companions) deeper into the travail of the age. Ancient migration trails call and open the way to China where their mission is misunderstood.They must convince those in power to help them on their way. Tu Ahu must be raised to harness...

Song of the Circle being the first book of the Chronicles of the Stone. Utini, born beneath a unique gathering of stars, is destined to travel ancient trails with Hera, a young woman of courage and wisdom, at his side. Eroa, the master carver of stone, is also of their journey for he can do no other....

The quest that began with the Song of the Circle has gathered momentum in many lands as Tu Ahu have been raised to join the Creation Light of the Cosmos to planet Earth. Now the journey around the rim of the circle moves towards the end.Crossing the great deserts of Egypt the valiant seekers of the...