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Watcher's Web (Return of the Aghyrians) [Kindle Edition]

Patty Jansen
4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)

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Book Description

She’s not your ordinary country girl, even though she might look like one. She casts webs of power, reading the feelings of living beings and telling them what to do. Nobody knows what causes it, least of all her. Her name is Jessica, but most people call her ‘freak’.
One fateful day, her ‘web’ connects with a stranger, and stray power causes the plane in which she’s travelling to crash in an alien world. An accident? The more she discovers about the world in which she has landed, the more she doubts it. She is a survivor from an ancient race that once travelled the stars. Her ancestors were powerful and dangerous, and it seems at least two people want her: the man who invades her mind, and the man who’s desperate to help her get back home. But Jessica grew up an Earth girl, and isn’t having any of this. She’ll pander to no one, thank you very much, even if her stubbornness enrages the tyrant race who hold the world in their grip.


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About the Author

Award-winning author Patty Jansen lives in Sydney, Australia. She writes science fiction and fantasy mainly for adults, but sometimes for children. She is a member of SFWA, and has sold fiction to genre magazines such as Analog Science Fiction and Fact, Redstone SF and Aurealis. Her novel Ambassador will be published in 2013 by Ticonderoga Publications. And she self-publishes, because it's fun.

Product Details

  • File Size: 605 KB
  • Print Length: 283 pages
  • Simultaneous Device Usage: Unlimited
  • Publisher: Capricornica Publications (April 27, 2011)
  • Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
  • Language: English
  • ASIN: B004YDN934
  • Text-to-Speech: Enabled
  • X-Ray: Enabled
  • Lending: Enabled
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #368,781 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
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Customer Reviews

I only just finished this book and all I can say is, "Wow! I hope there's a sequel!" Carol S. Montague  |  4 reviewers made a similar statement
This is a good read for a teenage and young adult. Valarie R. Cotton  |  2 reviewers made a similar statement
This is a great story idea well executed by the author. Puna J  |  1 reviewer made a similar statement
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23 of 25 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars a great read. June 11, 2011
Format:Kindle Edition
The first thing that I noticed about this book, and really appreciated, was the strong Australian voice of the character. It's been awhile since I have read anything that is set, even just initially, in a country other than America or an American copy. So it was refreshing, and enjoyable to see an Australian author making the most of their country of origin.

Jessica very quickly gets uprooted, and the reader gets to experience a whole new world through her eyes. She is thrown into the middle of things she struggles to understand and Jansen does a stellar job of getting the reader caught up in this.

I have to say that this is the first book I've read in awhile that has aliens who actually seem alien. Sci-fi in general is peppered with species and races which are all too human - and I can understand that, on some levels. Writers want to make sure that the readers can relate to the characters in their book - but aliens should be different to us. Jessica gets to explore this, to learn more about these alien creatures, and herself in the process. Jansen has done a fantastic job of creating a world that is alien, and yet still approachable for the reader.

The story line is evenly paced and while we try, along with Jessica, to grasp at all the strands, Jansen brings it all together with verve. Jessica manages to stay true to herself, while also letting the barriers slide so that she can interact with those around her. There is a lot of action, and excitement, and I loved watching the development of Jessica throughout, as she begins to open up to others and connect with the world around her, which also means she gets to grips with her strange talent and mysterious history.

If I had one gripe, it would be with the way the romantic subplots were tied up.
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6 of 8 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars What a ride! April 28, 2012
Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase
I 'bought' this on Kindle the day it was free. As an avid fantasy reader as well as an author, I was intrigued by the concept. I only just finished this book and all I can say is, "Wow! I hope there's a sequel!"

Jessica is a strong-willed girl who gets thrown into a situation she's not sure where to look for help. Even when it's offered, her independent spirit often gets in her way. After all, what would YOU do if you found yourself on another world you didn't know existed and find out you weren't born on Earth after all?

Well done, Patty Jansen.
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8 of 11 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars Don't waste your time. July 11, 2012
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Poorly constructed, underdeveloped characters, hard to follow and at times confusing (ie: "...he held aloft a bowl with steaming noodles and meat balls inside. She set the bowl down in the sand..."
So was it he or she?
The dialogue is amateurish and often nonsensical, the scenes are so lax and confusing that there's no way to even get a mental image of what is being "described".

Also the creatures are clearly ripped off straight from the movie Avatar.

Thank God this book was free or I'd demand a refund.
If this book and 50 Shades of Grey were the only two books left on the planet, read THIS one. Otherwise...save the few hours of your life you'd never get back.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars Confusing to start but it gets better August 1, 2012
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This book was very confusing in the beginning, I wasn't really sure what was going on and almost gave up on reading it. Then about half way through it started to make sense and got really interesting. There were however, a lot of grammatical errors that made it difficult to read at times. The concept was really cool once I figured out what was happening and I think with some tweaking this could be a really awesome book.
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5 of 7 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars LOVED!!! March 15, 2012
By Darlene
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Wow! If you LOVED Avatar, this is WAY better! This should be made into a movie. Full of action. The main character is a strong female with a mind of her own. About time! The image of the awesome marriage and swooning, only to be left in the reality of being birth-cow and housekeeper wiped away. Choices offered look black and white, but this strong woman chooses various shades of purple and blue!

This book makes me feel I have just read an encyclopedia, yet I read it in a day. When you are at the end of the book in the penultimate moments it is hard to remember the beginning, yet there it is riding along-side you. Amazing!
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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars A Good Read July 15, 2012
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I bought this book only because it was a FREE read at the time. There would be no way I would buy this on my own. I expected to hate this book. To my surprise I did not. It was a bit confusing for a bit but I read through it and was surprised. I would have preferred a stronger ending for the main characters. The ending felt rushed. I felt that it needed better closer.

Teen Girl is different. Transported to another world. Her real world to be exact. Has to choose between two men. She is in a world that she is slowly coming to understand and must fight to survive. Meets and make many new friends. Confrontation, fight, than a rushed ending. Both men have betrayed her and both want to use her. One just doesn't know how to talk to people and didn't mean to use or betray her. The other is the cause of her being there and had deliberately used and betrayed her.
SPOILER: She sleeps with both men in a matter of days. Feel close to both. Who does she go with?

This is a good read for a teenage and young adult. It's a PG-13 read.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
4.0 out of 5 stars :)
Pretty good read. Not too long. I did sometimes find that the editing was sub-par. But still a great plot and flow of story line.
Published 2 months ago by Eaglefire
5.0 out of 5 stars Enjoyable Read
I actually found the book itself fun, Odd at times, and Overall a Good read. Sometimes a Sci-Fi Novel can Shock you. This is exactly what this one did to me. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Ter Wilson
4.0 out of 5 stars Very good read!
I had a hard time at first because of present day, past and future transitions.
Once I got the rhythm of her writing style the book went fast. I will read
the next book.
Published 4 months ago by starlyt
4.0 out of 5 stars WHERE'S THE NEXT ONE?!?!?!
I enjoyed this. Stayed up all night to finish, then went to Amazon to purchase the sequel; soooo dissapointed that it's not out yet. I want/need to know what happens next. Read more
Published 6 months ago by G. A. Shanks
4.0 out of 5 stars Everyone is out to get her.
I found myself hurrying to finish the book! There are few authors who write really interesting people and put them in situations for the reader to care about. Read more
Published 9 months ago by Patrick A. Terpening
4.0 out of 5 stars Lovley read!
I have to say it took me a bit to figure out some of the slang, being from the US, but after I did, I was wisked away to a place where anything can happen. Read more
Published 10 months ago by Yvonne Dreptate
4.0 out of 5 stars A writer to watch in the future
This is a story of political intrigue set mostly on an alien world inhabited by a variety of species of humans (at least four by my count). Read more
Published 11 months ago by Mr. Phiilip W. Berrie
5.0 out of 5 stars Great space opera
I really enjoyed Watcher's Web. This is a great story idea well executed by the author. I hope there will be a sequel or two to continue the story of Jessica/Anmi. Read more
Published 11 months ago by Puna J
4.0 out of 5 stars Good read, if sometimes choppy
I have to say that I enjoyed this book a lot, and read it quickly. Which for me means I liked it enough to make time to read, not just when I had nothing else to do. Read more
Published 11 months ago by Jessica R.
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More About the Author

Patty Jansen lives in Sydney, Australia, where she spends most of her time writing Science Fiction and Fantasy. Her story This Peaceful State of War placed first in the second quarter of the Writers of the Future contest and was published in their 27th anthology. She has also sold fiction to genre magazines such as Analog Science Fiction and Fact, Redstone SF and Aurealis.

Her novels (available at ebook venues) include Watcher's Web (soft SF), The Far Horizon (middle grade SF), Charlotte's Army (military SF) and Fire & Ice, Dust & Rain and Blood & Tears (Icefire Trilogy) (dark fantasy). Her novel Ambassador will be published by Ticonderoga Publication in 2013.

Want to keep up-to-date with Patty's fiction? Join the mailing list here: http://eepurl.com/qqlAb

Patty is a member of SFWA, and the cooperative that makes up Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine, and she has also written non-fiction.
Patty is on Twitter (@pattyjansen), Facebook, LinkedIn, goodreads, LibraryThing, google+ and blogs at: http://pattyjansen.com/


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