In the tropical countryside on the small Caribbean island of Albany sits the vast Trinity estate - home of the Johnson family for 200 years. Lionel Johnson and his sister Kate currently manage the estate and their role has been passed down through the family from generation to generation. Each year creates new challenges and over the years Trinity has changed immeasurably from a home into a small village and, after Lionel's death, there are plans for a town. The Johnsons pull together, balancing time, trips abroad and other careers and interests to keep Trinity afloat. This is a novel about pride in tradition and the importance of family, as much as it is about the relentless passing of time.

John 'Boy' Lawrence is growing up in a tropical paradise, but things are not sunny. He is at the centre of controversy as the son of a married white landowner, Frank Weston, and his former employee, Lucille, a local woman. Sent to be brought up by his grandparents, Boy finds a mentor in his grandfather, Clifton, the model of quiet dignity who serves as Frank's right-hand man. Clifton, a well-respected member of the community, strives to pass on his moral compass to his grandson. However, it becomes more difficult when Clifton finds himself at odds with his brother Randolph, who takes a more militant view on the future of the islanders, and his doctor, Dan, who believes that people can improve their fates given the proper tools. And when Dan finds himself in conflict with his best friend, Boy's white, land-owning half-brother, things quickly come to a head. With everyone set against everyone else, and no easy answers in sight, Boy's world seems poised to come crashing down around his ears.

Beauty ~ Conscience ~ Creation ~ Hope ~ Earth ~ Time ~ Tragedy ~ Virtue ~ Glory ~ Consciousness ~ God ~ Happiness ~ Life ~ Love ~ Power ~ Reason ~ Sin ~ Terror ~ Pity ~ Truth ~ Tyranny ~ Vanity ~ Knowledge ~ Reality ~ Vice ~ Man ~ Music ~ Perfection Divided into meditations, tales and verse, this book considers the timeless abstract concepts that mankind encounters, and may awaken your own Moods and Emotions.