"Orchid Child is first and foremost a wonderful story, engaging and interesting from beginning to end. But there’s a bonus: science, epigenetics, neuroscience ... topics relevant to our times. A beautiful and smart book."

-- Laura Pritchett, Pen USA Award-winning author of five novels, including Stars Go Blue and the forthcoming Three Keys. 

“Orchid Child is a fascinating and immersive exploration of the blurry line between science and spirituality, mental “illness” and preternatural family gifts. Costello artfully weaves together an intimate family saga that spans continents and centuries while reminding us that the deep ties that bind souls together have the capacity to supersede time and space, and — when understood and nurtured — the power to illuminate and heal multigenerational wounds.” 

— Rudy Ruiz, author of Valley of Shadows and The Resurrection of Fulgencio Ramirez.

“A beautifully told story, with richly drawn characters, that seamlessly braids the competing preoccupations of our age, from neuroscience to the ancient myths and tacit laws from which modern culture evolved.”   

— Simon Van Booy, author of twelve novels, including The Night Held Many Stars and The Presence of Absence, and the editor of three volumes of philosophy.