by VOLD BOOK

Vold Book's Cometa Minor is a 94-track concept album / novel:

It is an American exploration of virtue, brutality, and the humanistic ideals necessary to the survival of a democratic republic.

 When political upheaval strikes a hidden forest commune on a distant planet from another age, the clash rings throughout the cosmos with unexpectedly far-reaching consequences that transcend both space and time. With inspiration drawn from Coelho’s The Alchemist grafted onto the lineage of Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four, Vold Book’s Cometa Minor weaves spiritual and philosophical conviction into a shield of defense, in an attempt to protect our shared future from the tyranny of apocalypse.

About

John T. Trautman is a musician & novelist releasing work under the moniker Vold Book. Since 2014, he has published around 600 original musical compositions. In 2018, he began to experiment with spoken word over music following a period of disillusionment with the limitations placed on lyrics by melody.

Also in 2018, he began work on Vold Book's Cometa Minor, the final culmination of the briefly published Stara Detente (2026) and Oceans of Curtains (2025) project.

He holds a B.A. in Philosophy, A.S. in Engineering, and currently resides on the central coast of California.

Author photo by Carolyn Trautman.