Title: Lila’s Dance: A Tale of Two Journeys
Author: David Ghilardi
Imprint: Vashi Books
Release Date: September 21, 2026
ISBN: 979-8996492916
eBook ISBN: 979-8996492930
Genre: Historical Fiction, Adventure, Romance
Available Formats: Paperback or eBook
Language: English
Paperback: 202 pages
Item Weight: 9.8 ounces
Size: 6 x 0.46 x 9 inches
Explore Authors Mini Review:
“A captivating historical fiction that weaves a narrative of adventure and romance with a soul’s inner journey and the mystical nature of reality.” ★★★★★ – Explore Authors Magazine
Explore Authors Editorial Review:
“The spiritual life does not remove us from the world but leads us deeper into it.”
These words by theologian Henri J.M. Nouwen perfectly capture the journey of Father Sebastian, an ascetic 17th-century monk living in silent seclusion in the French Alps. Eight years into his tenure, Sebastian uncovers a hidden letter from the Order’s founder, St. Bruno, containing a heretical confession. The discovery shatters his lifelong devotion, sparking a crisis of faith that ultimately leads to self-discovery and love in David Ghilardi’s Lila’s Dance: A Tale of Two Journeys. (Full Review Here)
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About the Book:
What does an ascetic monk living in silent seclusion in an Alpine monastery at the end of the 17th century have to do with the step-daughter of the governor on a Caribbean island?
Lila’s Dance is an historical fiction that weaves a narrative of adventure and romance with a soul’s inner journey and the mystical nature of reality.
The story describes a soul’s experiences exploring the infinite and not-so-silent world of inner meditation with an epic tale that touches on four different millennia and three different continents.
Sebastian, born in the Dutch Low Country in 1670, faithfully follows a destiny that leads him to life as a Catholic priest in the Grand Chartreuse monastery high in the French Alps, committed to a life of silence and inner exploration. Eventually, he comes to a crisis of faith which propels him into a new world where a different reality awaits him.
Lila is born in 1681 to French parents who are living in a French trading colony on the southern coast of India. Her parents are Huguenots in a time when the Church and King of France are violently persecuting such believers. When her parents return to France, Lila grows into a gifted young woman in Paris society while her family’s religion remains precariously hidden from those who would persecute them.
How these two souls come together to support and instruct each other in their divine quests offers the reader a profound understanding of our reality and the power of our consciousness.