Luke's life is about to take a dangerous turn.
But first he has to die.
In the year 2052, high school sophomore Luke Gibson considers himself an average teenager in a world on the brink of monumental change. Joining his parents and sister, Laura, at the first World Energy Initiative Conference, he is among thousands gathered in a Denver arena to celebrate free renewable energy when a massive earthquake strikes killing everyone in the stadium. The last thing Luke sees before his death is a girl reaching out to him--a stranger whose face he remembers from his dreams.
The end, however, is not the end. Suddenly, inexplicably, Luke is back home in Ohio and everything is different. His sister is gone, the victim in an unsolved homicide years before. Angela, his mysterious dream girl, is here also, and the only person besides Luke who recalls the previous reality. And now their determination to uncover the truth about Laura's murder and their transformed world is making them targets--forced to flee for their lives from a nameless shadow organization and a government seeking vengeance for an unthinkable act of terror--as they stand on the threshold of a dark conspiracy that threatens all humankind.
My Review:
Oh, another book that I must begin with an apology, like with Resolutions, because like Resolutions, I was supposed to review this almost a year ago, and I didn't, and I feel really about about that, because I'd said I'd review it, and it took me this long to so do. So I'm sorry.
So yeah, I did enjoy this book, but there were a few things that I didn't like too much, but I'll discuss that later. What I did like, was the world, and the way it was, it was interesting, from the whole him dying, and then coming to a different world where things are totally different, to the all the different worlds!
One of the things that I didn't like, was the language. It was either a bit awkward, or it wouldn't be what a teen-aged boy would be saying, even if he's a teenage boy 40 years in the future. It just pulled me out of the story, so many times, that I almost gave up on read this book multiple times. And that's just too bad, because that means that others did stop. And it's a great book, it just needs a bit more polishing!
It was a bit of a sad ending, what with Angel's dying, and all that, though with the epilogue narrated by Angela, and and how they people made only one boy, but they made two girls, so now that Angela is gone, there's another girl, for the purposes of breeding, which is pretty gross!
Yeah, while there were a few issues, but this was a pretty good book! Just not quite to my tastes as much!
Author: T.R. Patrick
Series: Beyond the Veil #1
Read: October 18th, 2014
Source: Worldwind Tours Review Copy
Reason Why: Sounded good, and it's a Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2014 Book!
Publisher: Createspace
Published: October 1st 2013
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Author Timothy R. Patrick, born in 1985, started writing when he was only nine, delivering his first short story to his Mom for her birthday. Since then, writing has been an incredible passion. Every chance he could write, he took it. He even scratched out a few stories in Naval Boot Camp at Great Lakes, Illinois.
Tim spent four years in the Navy achieving the rank of Petty Officer 2nd class. He served three years aboard USS Chosin and was deployed twice in support of the Global War on Terror, and Iraqi Freedom. However, he would always be remembered as the guy who sat in the corner of the mess decks writing a book he would never release. He said it wasn't good enough.
After his time in the Navy, Tim became a Test Engineer working for companies like Scientific Research Corporation and Hewlett Packard. During this phase of his life he moved to Charleston, South Carolina where he bought a home and tried to settle into the American Dream. But Tim wasn't content with that, he wanted to do something more than work the 9 to 5. So, he tried his hand at politics and ran for Dorchester County Council as an Independent. They said he was too young and verbose. After losing the election, he decided to try his hand at writing instead.
Today, Timothy Patrick is the author of, Platform 21 - the first installment of the "Beyond the Veil" series. Platform 21 is a novel set in the near future which follows a young man on a journey to solve his sister's murder in the midst of global conspiracy. His current project is, The Vorago Initiative - which picks up right where Platform 21 left off.
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