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The novel Sonata for Flute and its sequels, Concerto for Flute and Orchestra and Symphony for Benjamin, tell the story of Carl Slade, his family, and his friends. They are set in the 21st century, in the totalitarian regime of the Protectorate and in the Federation which succeeds it.

SONATA FOR FLUTE
ISBN 0 9577741 09


Picture: Roses by Pierre Joseph Redoute(1759 - 1840)

The Protectorate was ten years old. Carl Slade had been a Police Counsellor for five of those years, and his job and everything behind it were weighing on him. No longer could he accept the Protectioners' teachings with all their contradictions. Yet as far as he could tell there seemed to be nothing else to hold onto -- until Chester Brown and then Emma Winston were assigned to him for Counselling. The result was a drastic change in Carl's life. He had to flee to a neighbouring country to save his and Emma's life. However, the state of his country was always on his mind and he knew that somehow he would go back to share with his countrymen the Truth he had finally found.


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CONCERTO FOR FLUTE AND ORCHESTRA
ISBN 0 9577741 17

[This is a sequel to Sonata for Flute and is set in the Federation of Pamanyungan, successor to the former Protectorate, four years after the events of Sonata for Flute.]

Carl Slade has been invited to preach by several churches in Goldridge. When he arrives in that town, however, he finds that the situation is not quite what it should be. He is befriended by a local pastor who has been kicked out of his church, a gang of teenagers, and an elderly couple who want to try and sort out the mess. What Carl didn't expect was that a trap was being laid for him. He manages to escape, but later he returns to Goldridge with his family and his mentor George Newman. They and their new friends are determined to solve the mystery of the strange happenings and to help get the believers in Goldridge back on track.

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SYMPHONY FOR BENJAMIN
ISBN 0 9577741 25

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The birth of Carl and Emma Slade's third child brings big changes to the life of their family. As Benjamin grows up, they not only face the challenges of bringing up a child who is different from other children, they also become aware of other families that face the same problems. Many of these families are unable to cope in a society which offers them no support. It is up to the Slades and their friends to provide a way of helping. As they do so they discover that there are other people in their country whose intentions towards such children are far less than noble.



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