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Awakening

Back to the Universe, Book One

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Book 1 of Back to the Universe

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Pub Date Jan 19 2027 | Archive Date Feb 9 2027


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Description

“This is not a spiritual journey. It is an Escape.”


You call it personality. You defend it. You say, “This is who I am.” But what if what you call your self was never truly yours—only something built, cultivated, and fed upon by forces you do not yet understand?


A violent motorcycle crash tears the veil of reality: for a few inconceivable moments, Odysseus touches an energy field, and the Entities that inhabit it. When ordinary reality returns, his logic, his lifelong shield, files the experience away as hallucination.


Then, in Barcelona, a complete stranger, without warning, without explanation, blows cigar smoke into his face, and the world he thought he knew begins to collapse. He is Ioannis: a man of no certain age who laughs at the wrong moments, answers questions with riddles, and disappears when you need him most. Unpredictable as weather, precise as a surgeon. Behind his games lies a complete architecture of reality, and a strict mandate from a formless power he calls only the Employer.


Under his guidance, Odysseus’s perception is utterly dismantled. From the pyramids of Teotihuacan to the Samaria Gorge in Crete, from the shifting sands of the Thar Desert to the frozen caves of the Himalayas, he is led toward a revelation that changes everything: what feeds on fear, attachment, and the endless inner dialogue is far more real than he ever imagined.


There is only one way to break free from this prison, and it is not a matter of logic. Odysseus must confront his own madness, learn to outwit the system itself, and claim the Seed of Freedom—before awakening costs him his sanity.


There are no sins. There is only captivity—and the possibility of Return.


For readers who loved The Celestine Prophecy, Way of the Peaceful Warrior, and the works of Carlos Castaneda: a novel for those ready to question the bonds of time, and to let their consciousness fly free. It promises no comfort. It promises awakening.

“This is not a spiritual journey. It is an Escape.”


You call it personality. You defend it. You say, “This is who I am.” But what if what you call your self was never truly yours—only something built...


Advance Praise

"Original, metaphysical, and exceptionally well written by an author with a genuine flair for the kind of character and narrative driven storytelling style that renders "Back to the Universe: Awakening" by Harris Whiteheaven a compelling and thought-provoking read from start to finish. With an imaginative resonance that will especially appeal to readers with an interest in philosophical constructs applied in the variability of perception played out in this unique and inherently fascinating novel. "Back to the Universe: Awakening" from Whiteheaven Books is an especially and unreservedly recommended pick for personal reading lists and community library collections."


—Midwest Book Review

"Original, metaphysical, and exceptionally well written by an author with a genuine flair for the kind of character and narrative driven storytelling style that renders "Back to the Universe:...


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Kindle edition on pre-order at Amazon; launch price $0.99, enrolled in Kindle Unlimited.
Paperback edition (5 x 8 in, 288 pages, ISBN 9798165483455) releasing the same day, January 19, 2027.
Editorial review: Midwest Book Review (Library Bookwatch / Internet Bookwatch, November 2026).
Advance reader campaign through NetGalley and targeted outreach to reviewers and book bloggers in visionary and metaphysical fiction.
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First book in the Back to the Universe trilogy; Book Two in progress.

Kindle edition on pre-order at Amazon; launch price $0.99, enrolled in Kindle Unlimited.
Paperback edition (5 x 8 in, 288 pages, ISBN 9798165483455) releasing the same day, January 19, 2027.
Editorial...


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BISAC Codes

FIC039000 FICTION / Visionary & Metaphysical