
Other news stories speak of "hauntings" around the world - Michael suspects that the Sidhe are coming to Earth.

Michael's desires for normality are shattered, however, when he reads a news story about strange bodies discovered in a nearby hotel - one grossly obese, one strangely mummified and in a party dress. Waltiri has also left his house to Michael and eventually Michael moves in and begins to go through the papers. Arno Waltiri has left his estate and the disposition of his papers and recordings to Michael. Michael Perrin is back home, living with his parents and continuing his training. The Serpent Mage" - book two - picks up shortly after Infinity Concerto leaves off. All-in-all, I found book one quite enjoyable. Because the plot is so intricate, at times ponderous prose is necessary to bring about all the necessary information. Some sections of this part of the text seemed rather slow moving, but everything was necessary for the plot. Forced to learn to survive, Michael has to grow up and grow strong very quickly - but is he just a pawn in some hidden power struggle? Or is he something else altogether? Despite warnings from Waltiri's wife Golda that Waltiri repented of his choice to give these to him, Michael decides to go ahead and follow the directions - and ends up somewhere.


Waltiri claims that the concerto was primarily inspired by a man called David Clarkham, who subsequently disappeared Arno gives Michael a key and a piece of paper with directions to follow, that should lead him to Clarkham. He befriends a composer named Arno Waltiri, who it is said wrote a concerto called The Infinity Concerto that was so unusual that it not only drove its listeners mad but also that many of those listeners disappeared. The basic storyline revolves around Michael Perrin, a thoughtful young man who wants to be a poet. I believe it will likely take me several readings to find all the meanings that are embedded in this story. "The Infinity Concerto" - Book One in the Songs of Earth and Power omnibus - is multi-layered and textured.
