Spirit of the Wind
by Eric Coleman

Reviewed by: Starr Baldwin

Eric S. Coleman has penned a book that gives you a chance to view life in a different way and really make you think about when one life ends, another begins. This saying has never been truer for 16 year old man-child, Sun, who was born and raised on the mean streets of Baltimore. Sun learned at an early age that he was different, he didn't want to play outside with the other children, do things little boys do, all he wanted to do was spend time alone with his bible and get a better understanding of spiritual warfare. Growing up, Sun had issues with his mother and her lifestyle, never really communicated with his older sister Tiffany, never had many friends, but the one person that could comfort him was his grandmother when no one else was there for him. Overall Sun was seen as an outcast by his peers. Thus, Sun didn't have much to believe in other than the existence of angels and demons.

Sun's mother was a drug addict who didn't show any love to him or his sister, which caused him to shield himself from the world and read the bible all the while trying to prove to people that angels and demons really existed and spiritual warfare is real. Sun dies at an early age and is forced to really experience the things he believed but could never prove, in other words the life he once knew to be has ended and another, his new life after death, has begun. Standing in gaps between heaven and hell, Sun meets Spirit Guide who shows him his entire life through the eyes of an angel. Now while on this journey with the Spirit Guide, Sun must reflect on the good and bad memories of his life as he walks down this hard and never ending road/path of forgiveness.

While walking down the path of forgiveness, Sun realizes that he has tons of obstacles that he must overcome, some are hard and many take him to places of hate and anger. Sun encounters family members, old friends, even though he didn't have many, some turn out to be angels, and others turn out to be demons. During this walk down the road of forgiveness Sun learns its not that easy to forgive when you are full of hate, revenge, and anger, no matter how hard you try to forgive, you simply can't. Each time Sun has a memory and doesn't forgive the person or persons in the memory he is taken back to the beginning of the road of forgiveness. Sun doesn't ever feel he will get off the road of forgiveness and is about to give up and be sent to hell. Spirit Guide shows Sun that spiritual warfare is real and when you are on the other side. This is where the healing really begins. Spirit Guide has a heart to heart with Sun and tells him to be strong and when he feels irate, like he is losing the battle when faced with a demon the best weapon against anything is prayer. Sun looks at him like he has lost his mind and doesn't understand what Spirit Guide is telling him because his life has been nothing easy or normal. He didn't grow up with a spoon in his mouth, he is full of anger at his past life and doesn't understand why his mother treated him the way she did when all he wanted from her was attention and love. So when a memory comes about it is hard for him in the beginning to concentrate on forgiving and loses a lot of the battles with the demons, because he let his flesh rule him and failed to listen and follow the instruction of the Spirit Guide. During these battles Sun has to deal with the humiliation of losing his wings because of his attitude.

After Sun has lost several battles he is caste into a dark ditch where he sits for 40 days and 40 nights to reflect on all the past mistakes he has made in life and in external life. On the last night in the ditch, Sun decides to listen and take heed to what the Spirit Guide has told him and use his weapon of prayer. As Sun comes out of the ditch, he is faced with more demons that begin to fight him and he defends himself by praying. Upon completing that obstacle he now can go on the next stage which is the Bridge of Appreciation where he gets his wings back and can move forward in the external life and on his way to heaven.

What did you like best about this book?
I enjoyed the story line of the book. It opens your mind and causes you to really think about your life at the current moment and when you leave this earth.

What did you dislike about this book?
The only thing I disliked about this book was the fact that it was not until almost the end of the book did you find out how some of the characters knew each other. It was well described how the relationship developed between Sun and some of the other characters, but this is where the book began to speed up as well, like the author was running out of time and had to hurry up and find an ending. I was left wondering about the relationship that Sun and his sister would have.

How can the author approve this book?
By changing the cover of the book, it's a little deceiving and not an eye catcher. Also the author should give a little background on the characters in the beginning as to who they are and how they are connected.

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