Geoff Poundes

The Religion of Birds Geoff Poundes

'When I awoke I had no recollection of how I had lost consciousness. It was as if I had simply been lifted from one place, and deposited in another.' A bird wakes up in an unfamiliar wood, only to discover that he's forgotten who and what he is, and why he's there. He embarks on a quest for knowledge, braving the unknown in a desperate search for identity. Along the way he's wooed by a variety of birds who claim to have the answers he seeks, but finally learns that he must plough a lone furrow on the rocky road to enlightenment... Geoff Poundes' enthralling fable examines issues of identity, faith, religion and fundamentalism in the 21st century.