Magical gentle suffuses Alexander Wainwright’s work. yet he needs to locate whatever new. A imaginative and prescient of a golden sphere studded with gemstones appears to be like sooner than him—the cosmic egg, Archetypal consultant and resource of all creativity.
Next day, his paintings broker indicates him an unsigned portray of the exact same cosmic egg devoted to a Parisian pianist, Dumont.
Does the cosmic egg exist not only in Alex’s mind's eye yet within the actual international? That burning query drives Alex to take the ferry—a evening crossing— from Portsmouth to Caen after which onto Paris to discover the pianist, and expectantly the artist.
On that journey, an aged lady via the identify of leave out Trump, enters Alex’s lifestyles with myriad mysterious results. while the ferry capsizes, Alex attempts to save lots of pass over Tump, and one other visitor, a tender mom together with her baby baby. pass over Trump drowns, however the mom and baby are stored. whilst omit Trump's physique is mistakenly cremated, Alex is seized with an inexplicable experience of accountability and includes her ashes with him to Paris, the place he possibilities to come across Dumont enjoying in a café. The pianist says the painter of the cosmic egg in Alex's imaginative and prescient, is termed Anton, and that he lives in St. Petersburg.
Still made up our minds to "do correct through" leave out Trump, Alex keeps to hold her ashes, as he travels by means of educate to St. Petersburg looking for the artist.
Stunning revelations anticipate him. studying way over he imagined attainable, he ultimately involves comprehend the that means of his imaginative and prescient and destiny's function in guiding him to hold the ashes throughout Europe. but if Alex returns to London, he may perhaps locate that he has misplaced what he cherishes most—Daphne, his love and muse.
This story is set love so powerful it transcends existence and dying. It’s approximately cruelty and compassion, existence, paintings and the magic of production. All instructed, it speaks of that craving inside of us for what lies beyond.

"A painter spurred on via visions stumbles via existence in a singular that gives whatever for everyone: paintings, romance, philosophizing, unforeseen event, and gorgeous prose. In evening Crossing, the ultimate publication within the Trilogy of Remembrance, Mary E. Martin paints a charming photo of dualities: truth as opposed to phantasm, artwork as opposed to lifestyles, love as opposed to paintings, and unfastened will as opposed to serendipity." ~Jim Allen, for Foreword Reviews