Kindred Spirits: A Titanic Tale

by Nelson Aspen

Inspired by the author's personal experiences, "Kindred A Titanic Tale" is a historical fantasy that spans time between the night in 1912 when Titanic met her tragic fate and the hedonistic party scene of modern Manhattan. From rubbing elbows with the "Unsinkable" Molly Brown, John Jacob Astor and other iconic figures from the so-called Ship of Dreams to metropolitan globe-trotting in an effort to unravel the mystery of their metaphysical connection, our two heroes are Kindred Spirits.

319 pages, Paperback

Published February 24, 2025

Reviews

[Rochelle · Rating 4 out of 5]

Beautiful story. The uniqueness of the world building and interconnected lives. Hard to put down.

And the ending. Just lovely.

But...

I'd have given this book a soild 5 stars if it weren't for the formatting of the paperback. Feels like I received a MS Word document printed out with a great cover. Other readers might be okay with this, but I'm a formatter myself, the typography and page/chapter formatting kept pulling me out. It's such a shame. I'd have done it for free, the story that's lovely.

[Tom Lisanti · Rating 5 out of 5]

Nelson Aspen has proved what a talented storyteller he is with his series of semi-autobiographical novels, Dancing Between the Raindrops, but he has outdone himself with Kindred Spirits: A Titanic Tale. He has crafted an engrossing, reincarnation fantasy about a closeted, gay passenger on the Titanic whose conservative Edwardian ways and his searching for his lost shipboard love influence the out, hedonistic young man his spirit inhabits in 2024 Manhattan. Nelson also expertly enhances his tale with interesting, historical details about the mighty ship and its passengers. Highly recommended.

[Nancy Kent · Rating 5 out of 5]

Love is Love. When we think of the titanic, we wonder about the lives cut short and how the survivors went on in the face of the tragedy. This book will help answer that, while bringing one passenger into the future to see how the world has changed. Love the shout out to LA and my fellow Titaniacs!

[Lisa]

It was a fun read and you can feel the author's passion come through in his writing.