Rating: 3 stars

John Kincaide is a multi-millionaire and owner of a pharmaceutical company that is about to release a memory enhancement drug called ClearThought. Gordon Bischoff, the scientist and creative mind behind ClearThought finds that it does much more than enhance your memory—it helps you see your past lives.

Although Gordon’s over-use and abuse of ClearThough has rendered him a madman and his desperate rants about past lives, betrayal and murder make him sound nothing short of a raving lunatic—however, that doesn’t mean it’s not all true.

When John and Vanessa meet for the first time, they can’t understand why the attraction is so incredibly strong. Once they hear what Gordon has to say, they’ll realize that not only is it not the first time they’ve met, but loving each other could be deadly.

The resemblance to Total Recall isn’t as strong as one is led to believe. Total Recall was implanting false memories to make you believe you’d been somewhere or done something. Stones is about seeing the truth of who you were—and possibly still are.

Richard Taylor does a great job of telling this reincarnation story and I found the plot line to be interesting and creative. There were times when things felt a bit too drawn out and repetitive, which caused the story to lose a bit of its momentum.

Stones is a plausibile answer to why we sometimes have strong, unexplained emotions towards someone we just meet—I can’t think of a more reasonable explanation for love at first sight.

Overall, Stones Skipping on Water is worth the read; it will crawl into your mind and you’ll find yourself contemplating it long after your done reading.
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Paperback: 276 pages
Publisher: CreateSpace (July 26, 2010)
ISBN-13: 978-1453685884