Crystal Shade: Angeni, Volume 1 [Kindle Edition]

István Szabó Ifj. (Author), Orlanda Szabo (Author)

Book Description

"Thousands of stars could tell thousands of stories."
Seven year old Grace always dreamt of becoming a guardian angel; like those who guarded and guided her people and prepared to bravely fight in a dreaded mythical event, the Crystal Shade - which never came. It's not like Grace ever wanted to see Demons. Or wants to know what evil and darkness is - things that no one ever faced on her world and as the legends says, the Crystal Shade carries within -, nor does she want to die to be reborn as a guardian. But she thinks the mysterious life of angels is so noble, a fable that it sounds exciting - until it actually happens. 

Crystal Shade: Angeni, Volume 1 explores the early life of a young daydreaming soul who is destined to reveal the forgotten past of her home world and to seek the answer to the eternal question; what the legendary Crystal Shade really is.

               

Length: 148052 words.

Auralight Fantasy (a.k.a. AuraFantasy or Auralight) is a new variation and mix of many genres. While it contains many Epic Fantasy, Young Adult, and close-to-Science-Fiction, close-to-Steampunk mechanical and / or fantastical elements, such as aura-powered flying and other machines and weapons, or a strange world with a blue sun, it also includes biological-fantastical elements, such as aura beings with superpowers, living in different spirit realms of an otherworldly ancient society with an atmosphere not just felt, but seen as emanating from person, places and other living and non-living things. The term "Auralight Fantasy" was coined to reflect the more overtly fantastical tones of Crystal Shade.

ACHIEVEMENTS: 

- Book of the month on Bibliocracy, September 2012 (Crystal Shade: Angeni, Volume 1)

- Hall of Fame on Wonderworld Variety, September 2012 (Crystal Shade: Angeni, Volume 1)

- Staff Picks Recommendation on Lulu Press Inc., October 2012 (Crystal Shade: Angeni, Volume 1)

- Over 5000 Facebook Followers, March 2013

IMPORTANT: Please be advised that Crystal Shade: Angeni and its episodic release, Crystal Shade: Episodes is not a fast and easy mainstream read. You can't quickly skim through and read it in one night, but you have to absorb the words and create the fantasy in your mind. Therefore, if you don't like slower-paced books or non-mainstream storylines, please read the excerpt before making any purchase.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"This book is a change from everything I've read recently. The story itself unfolds more gently, the action moving at a slower pace most of the time. The writing is beautiful. Elegant, even." - Rebecca McKinnon, The Crooked Word / Goodreads Review
 
"Beautiful writing. A story line that is well thought out." - David Allan, Tumbling Books
 
"Crystal Shade: Angeni, Volume 1 is beautifully written with detailed descriptions of both the people and the world they inhabit. An intriguing and complex fantasy novel which will leave you breathlessly anticipating the next Volume." - Star, Bibliophilic Book Blog / Amazon US Review
 
"A detailed, descriptive and imaginative fantasy story." - Krista Burnbright, Cubicle Blindness / Amazon US Review
 
"The concept is not like anything I have read before which is very refreshing these days! Crystal Shade is beautifully written with an almost historical feel to the book. The writing style is, in my opinion, more complex than other YA writers I have read." - Amy, Following the Reader

From the Author

To everyone who lives to dream and dreams to live.

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Product Details

• File Size: 657 KB
• Print Length: 348 pages
• Simultaneous Device Usage: Unlimited
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
• Language: English
• ASIN: B00660MU8I
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• X-Ray: Not Enabled
• Lending: Enabled
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #910,804 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Crystal Shade: Angeni, Volume 1 March 27, 2012

By Star @ The Bibliophilic Book Blog

Format:Kindle Edition

Crystal Shade: Angeni, Volume 1 is the first in a new series about a girl named Grace who wants more than anything to become an angel. She's granted her greatest wish when she dies and is reborn as an angel. As a new angel, Grace must go through rigorous training and in doing so uncovers the true meaning of the Crystal Shade.

Crystal Shade: Angeni, Volume 1 is beautifully written with detailed descriptions of both the people and the world they inhabit. Everyone is happy and the world is peaceful, but there are many mysteries lurking beneath the surface of tranquility. Mr. Szabo has created an intriguing and complex fantasy novel which will leave you breathlessly anticipating the next Volume.

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Very good and interesting plot. July 5, 2012

By Dizabeth

Format:Paperback

The first book in a trilogy of a little girl who becomes a guardian angel as she has dreamed of becoming in her short life.

The story starts out describing who she is, the area she lives in and her dream of becoming a guardian.

Parts of the story are told by an elderly gentleman relating the tale of Angeni to two small children.
The story revolves around her learning to become a guardian, the training, the elder guardians and a story of the Crystal Shade which most guardians in training do not believe in.

While the author and others call the Crystal Shade a slow read, I did not find it so. I give the book 5 stars for great story writing,a well thought out plot, interesting characters and place descriptions without being wordy.

I am looking forward to reading part two and discovering more of Angeni's story. And wondering if the elderly gentleman is the Prince, the human Angeni is guardian to.

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars A complex read.... June 25, 2012

By T. Dewhirst

Format:Kindle Edition

Seven year old, Grace, wants to be a guardian angel with all of it's nobility with, in typical child fashion, not thinking about the downside.

I finished this book last week and thought long and hard about the review I would write. This was an interesting read and beautifully written. I didn't think, reading the description, that I'd buy Grace as a 7 year old but I do. The writing style and setting were very vivid and alive. While reading this book I was constantly reminded of "Dune" by Frank Herbert. Not that the storyline is anything like the Herbert novel but the feeling I had while reading evoked memories of sitting outside as a younger person reading that novel and tracing back over things to make sure that I got where the story was going. I think this novel is mislabeled as YA, I think it's all ages. I'm not sure, as I sit here now, that I fully understood the book but I realized at some point over the last few days that maybe we're not meant to understand. Maybe as the story unfolds, we achieve clarity.

I didn't indentify with little Grace but I bonded, in a sense, with her character. She's incredibly well written. There are times, within the storyline, that I wanted to shake her or warn her and isn't that the sign of a good novel? When you care about the characters? I think little Grace is done well in this respect.

I was given this book to review and the author told me that it would take a long time to read. I read it in a sitting...a long sitting, but a sitting nonetheless. I was captivated with the world described and the complexity of the storyline. There are times when it's not so fast moving but I think this is a novel in which the reader gets lost so let it last forever, I say. I think all ages will enjoy this entrancing narrative with beautiful settings and age appropriate dialogue. I would give this novel to my 10 year old to read.

More About the Author

Based out of Budapest, Hungary, Istvan began his writing and art career at a young age. His strengths include Science Fiction, Fantasy, Thrillers, as well as Spiritual, Romantic, and Political works. At the beginning of his career, two companies entrusted Istvan to create and write the stories of two of their video games. Since 2007, working parallel on several different projects, Istvan mostly developed and worked on the Crystal Shade franchise and wrote Crystal Shade: Angeni. As an artist for hire, he has created illustrations, character art, short CGI animations and marketing materials for various projects as well as for his own works, Crystal Shade: Angeni, 7 Post Meridiem, Nightfall and other unannounced projects. In 2007, Istvan produced his first short movie "15 Minutes of Fame", in which Istvan was the screenwriter, director and storyboard artist. "15 Minutes of Fame" won 3rd Place at the UPC-AXN Film Festival 2007.