Two Moons of Sera Omnibus Edition [Kindle Edition]

Pavarti K Tyler (Author)

Book Description

The 1st of 4 Volumes in the Two Moons of Sera series.

In a world where water and earth teem with life, Serafay is an anomaly. The result of genetic experiments on her mother's water-borne line Serafay will have to face the very people responsible to discover who she really is. But is she the only one?

Volumes 1, 2, 3 and 4 are all available now.

Review from Connie J Jasperson, Author's blog Best in Fantasy!
"I LOVED this series. Sera and Tor are a great couple, and their struggle to find safety takes them to many dangerous places. Still, they find others like them, others who do not fit in and who are unhappy with the atrocities committed in the name of war.

Buy the first instalment for .99. Just do it.

You won't be able to rest until you have read them all."

Review by Michele Stefanides Author of Tales From Shrimps
"Two Moons of Sera, or 2MOS as Tyler refers to it, is a delightful read. Although written in words, 2MOS leaves me feeling as though I’m being carried along through the story on the wind of a song. It feels lyrical and fluid, those feelings heightened by the sea-side setting."

Review by Dannye Williamsen Author of Second Chances and The Threads That Bind
"It isn’t often that I am swept into the current of a story as quickly as I was with Pavarti K. Tyler’s Two Moons of Sera...Being an impatient reader, I would not normally choose a serial novel; however, if the subsequent volumes are as well-written and attention-grabbing as this one, it would be worth the wait."

Review by james crawford Author of Caleo
"This is a great start to what I am sure will be an amazing serial Novel. I loved the world Sera lives in and how we are learning about it through her eyes along with her. By the sounds of it, Sera's world is only going to get more complex and wonderful as she discovers her place in it. I am very fond of Sera. Although is raised in a very sheltered way, her world literally stops at the edge of the beach, she is a strong willed, adventurous woman and I can’t wait to see her character develop."

Review by ME Summers
"One of the best things about this story is its rich description of setting. The characters move through the story with sand and cliff and scratchy tree, punishing sun and cooling sea. It has the effect of making the fantasy feel real. I can easily see the landscape as the characters move through it, and it gives me a grounding in reality I need to really connect with a fantasy story."

Editorial Reviews

Review

The author has created a story series that is so much more than just what is contained in the narrative. Books should not only serve to enchant and excite, encouraging you to look forward to more installments with the same characters but they should leave an impression. This series is a winner on all fronts, and I can't wait for the next installment. Most certainly a series that will stay on my bookshelf and recommended to everyone who wants a read that is both entertaining and available to all readers. - Gaele

Product Details

• File Size: 618 KB
• Print Length: 110 pages
• Simultaneous Device Usage: Unlimited
• Publisher: Fighting Monkey Press; 1 edition (October 11, 2011)
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
• Language: English
• ASIN: B005U81SCQ
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• X-Ray: Enabled
• Lending: Enabled
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #371,134 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful

3.0 out of 5 stars Enchanting, Escapist Fantasy November 20, 2011

By Andrea Thompson

Format:Kindle Edition

Two Moons of Sera by Parvati Tyler is a beautiful, enchanting bit of escapist fantasy. The writing is beautiful and flows smoothly along, taking you on a journey sure to please.

Two Moons of Sera is the first installment in the journey of Serafey, a half-Sualwet and half-Erdlander. Now, you may be asking yourself, what is a Sualwet and Erdlander? I'm not going to spoil the details, because they are quite cool. Because of her unheard-of hybrid status, Serafey and her mother, for protecting her, are exiles, forced to live a life of fear and solitude. When a mysterious man enters Serafey's world, everything changes in a heartbeat.

Two Moons of Sera is a quick-paced, fast read. The only problem I had was when it ended. I definitely wanted to keep going with the adventure. I can't wait for Part Two.
Favorite Quote(s):
" My world held me tightly, like too-small clothing which refused to adjust as you grew."

"The touch of his gaze had been a creation of the mind, the shadow of a sensation I'd never
experienced."

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars Emotional and exciting November 11, 2011

By Tracy Falbe

Format:Kindle Edition

With the publication of the novella Two Moons of Sera author Pavarti K. Tyler has launched a creative new series. Two advanced species live in the world of Two Moons of Sera. The Sualwet are a water people who live and breathe underwater but are capable of coming onto land. The Erdlanders are the people that live on the land. They are at war with each other, and the story opens with the Sualwet female Nilafay fleeing from her Erdlander captors. She does not escape.

Then the story advances about 16 years and Nilafay is living in an isolated coastal cove with her daughter Serafay, or Sera. Nilafay has finally escaped the Erdlanders but she is rejected by her Sualwet people because Sera is an Erdlander-Sualwet hybrid. The pregnancy was forced upon Nilafay by cruel experiments. Unwilling to abandon her daughter, Nilafay lives in hiding and Sera grows up with only her mother for company.

The unrelenting isolation has begun to weigh on Sera, who longs for new experiences. While Nilafay is away on one of her frequent forays to scavenge supplies, a seemingly wild young male Erdlander enters Sera's refuge. Unbearably curious and needy for company, Sera seeks contact with this strange new arrival. He has apparently been hiding in the wilderness for a long time because he has forgotten how to talk, but he quickly learns again with Sera's help. His name is Torkek and he possesses unexpected powers that suggest he is the product of experiments as well.

The story in Two Moons of Sera has an overall good pace and guided me from scene to scene almost effortlessly. A new and startling event was always popping up to keep me reading. It only got a little slow during the initial scenes between Sera and Torkek because of the need to help him reacquire language....

Throughout the story Sera comes through as a sympathetic and believeable character. Her normal adolescent longings for friends and new experiences are easy to identify with. Sera embodies the recognizable teenage need for companionship along with the realization that she will need an existence beyond the protective zone her mother has created for her.

Tyler's writing is concise yet still filled with feeling and imagery. I felt Sera's webbed toes digging in the sand. I felt how her body slid into the gentle sea waters of her cove. I felt her alarm when she had to flee the coast and enter the foreign inland areas. Tyler has obviously poured a lot of love and imagination into her fantasy world. I anticipate that future installments of the story will further reveal the opposing societies of Sualwet and Erdlander from the point of view of two rejected outsiders. Even in the short space of a novella, these two characters came through strongly. The author has carefully created her characters and revealed gracefully the awkwardness of two young people getting to know each other under difficult circumstances.

Two Moons of Sera leaves me intrigued about how the story will develop. This initial novella that tells the story of Sera's origins and how she met Torkek was fascinating, disturbing, yet a little hopeful because it shows two outcasts finding each other. Read more ›

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars Two Moons of Sera October 12, 2011

By LunaMoth

Format:Kindle Edition

This is a Serial Novel, meaning that its told in smaller volumes than a full 300+ page novel. I enjoy this type, it gives you just little nibbles of the whole story and makes you want to go back for more!

Serafay is a Sualwet, a being of the sea living with her mother, but Sera is not full Sualwet, she is half Erdlander, a being of the earth (think human) as well. This makes her an outsider to both races so she must stay in exile, however one day while working on drying pages in a book a mysterious man snatchees some and runs off, who is he? Sera is determined to find out, little does she know just what is to come.

I loved this book, the character of Sera was very well fleshed out, she was easily relateable to and was stronge, brave and vulnerable at the same time. The character of Torkek (Tor) was just as good, he was wild but kind and funny. The adventure they take together and the ending of this volume leaves a good amount of suspense and longing for the next volume, coming in 2012.

There are no half star ratings but id give this a 4 1/2

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars The start of an addictive series! October 7, 2012

By Delphina TOP 1000 REVIEWER

Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase

When it says "All the fun of YA written for adults" they hit it right on the nose. I was not so sure about this book for the first few pages and then all of a sudden I was just sucked into her world and did not want to leave until I finished the whole book and then I immediately started book two. Sera and Tor are fascinating character and I grew to love them as the book progressed and we learned more and more about them. There adventure is just beginning and I can not wait to see where it takes them. So far this story has all of the elements of paranormal, fantasy, science fiction and dystopia that I love. Technically, I think it is categorized as a scifi/fantasy series, but it really has elements of those other genres making it fresh and addictive.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Stunning September 16, 2012

By Andrea Kurian

Format:Kindle Edition

I've read Pavarti's writing before. Shadow on the Wall was descriptive and provided a rush of information into a world of a newfound superhero. The Two Moons series was just as stunning but in a different way.

In Vol. 1, she passionately describes 'mismatched love' and takes you through the fluid motions of Sera's world as she discovers youth, love and loss.

Pavarti's writing is as always a sea of emotions and while you have to read this series in sequence, you will not be disappointed.

In Vol. 2, Sera and Tor have a new set of obstacles to deal with and their journey of self-discovery continues. This time around their love doesn't seem so mismatched anymore and you are given the chance to understand their backgrounds.

There isn't a resolution for Sera's story in Vol. 3, only more discovery which I assume will be uncovered in Book 2 of the series. As with life, there are many angles one must experience before we reach our ultimate ends. Although written from a fantasy perspective, this series touches on all those chords of emotions.

Would I recommend this read? Oh so definitely.

Overall assessment:
Content: 4.5/5
Editing: 4.5/5
Formatting: 4.5/5
Pacing: 4.5/5
Offensive content?: I would rate it PG to PG13, mainly for language.

Disclosure: I received a review copy of this book from the author through Orangeberry Book Tours. I did not receive any payment in exchange for this review nor was I obligated to write a positive one.

More About the Author

Award winning author of multi-cultural and transgressive literature, Pavarti K Tyler is an artist, wife, mother and number cruncher. She graduated Smith College in 1999 with a degree in Theatre. After graduation, she moved to New York, where she worked as a Dramaturge, Assistant Director and Production Manager on productions both on and off Broadway. Later, Pavarti went to work in the finance industry several international law firms. She now lives with her husband, two daughters and one very large, very terrible dog. She keeps busy working with fabulous authors as the Director of Marketing at Novel Publicity and penning her next genre bending novel.

Connect with Pavarti at www.PavartiKTyler.com