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The Change (Unbounded Series Book 1) by [Teyla Branton]

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Death, Life, or Love—Unbounded Always Play for Keeps

There are only two ways to kill Unbounded, and fire isn’t one of them—as law school dropout Erin Radkey learns the hard way. By fluke of a recessive gene, she has become Unbounded, a nearly immortal being with paranormal abilities.

Erin’s Change separates her from her loved ones and alters everything she believes to be true. A week earlier she was considering a marriage proposal; now she contemplates the best way to stay alive. Caught in a battle between two Unbounded groups, the Emporium and the Renegades, she is also hunted by a secret mortal society sworn to eradicate the Unbounded gene.

As Erin plunges into this dangerous new life, she must carve out her own place in the madness, protect her mortal family, and decide which group she should join. Her unique ability is vital to both groups in the race to secure an identification software that spells death for all Unbounded—or enslavement for the entire mortal world. Some will stop at nothing to use Erin as one more pawn in a battle that has spanned centuries. Erin’s undeniable attraction to Ritter Langton, whose family was massacred by opposing Unbounded two hundred and forty years ago, complicates her choices. There are no second chances. Death, life, or love—Unbounded always play for keeps.

Non-stop action, terrifying consequences, and powerful romance make The Change an exciting addition to the world of romantic urban fantasy.

Praise for the UNBOUNDED series:

“Excellent and well written!”
“I recommend reading the entire series”
“Thoroughly enjoyable”
“High action and adventure”
“Teyla Branton belongs right alongside Patricia Briggs, Kim Harrison, Jennifer Estep, and Kelly Armstrong.”

Unbounded Series

1. The Change
2. The Cure
3. Protectors (which contains Ava's Revenge, Mortal Brother, and Set Ablaze)
4. The Escape
5. The Reckoning
6. Lethal Engagement
7. The Takeover
8. The Avowed
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"Enough paranoid twists and turns to keep the reader turning pages . . . the author has clearly thought through the nuances of the story's theme and engineered a few surprising plot twists that elevate it . . . above the level of the average thriller." -Publishers Weekly --This text refers to the paperback edition.

About the Author

Teyla Branton grew up avidly reading science fiction and fantasy and watching Star Trek reruns with her large family. They lived on a little farm where she loved to visit the solitary cow and collect (and juggle) the eggs, usually making it back to the house with most of them intact. On that same farm she once owned thirty-three gerbils and eighteen cats, not a good mix, as it turns out. Teyla always had her nose in a book and daydreamed about someday creating her own worlds. She is now married, mostly grown up, and has seven kids, including a two-year-old, so life at her house can be very interesting (and loud), but writing keeps her sane. She thrives on the energy, inspiration, and daily amusement offered by her children. Grabbing any snatch of free time from her hectic life, Teyla writes novels, often with a child on her lap. She loves guns, martial arts, and belly dancing. Teyla writes urban fantasy, paranormal romance, and science fiction. She also writes romance and romantic suspense under the name Rachel Branton. For more information or to hear about new releases, please visit TeylaBranton.com --This text refers to the paperback edition.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00AYJJF4O
Publisher ‏ : ‎ White Star Press; 3rd edition (November 29, 2013)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ November 29, 2013
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 1044 KB
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
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Print length ‏ : ‎ 358 pages
Lending ‏ : ‎ Enabled

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International bestselling author Rachel Branton has worked in publishing for over twenty years. She loves writing women's fiction and traveling, and she hopes to write and travel a lot more. As a mother of seven, it's not easy to find time to write, but the semi-ordered chaos gives her a constant source of writing material. She warns her children that if they don't behave, they just might find themselves in her next book! She's been known to wear pajamas all day when working on a deadline, and is often distracted enough to burn dinner. (Okay, pretty much 90% of the time.) A sign on her office door reads: Danger. Enter at Your Own Risk. Writer at Work. Under the name Rachel Branton, she writes romance, romantic suspense, and women's fiction. Rachel also writes urban fantasy, paranormal romance, and science fiction under the name Teyla Branton. For a free ebook and to hear about new releases, please visit http://www.RachelBranton.com.
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International bestselling author Teyla Branton grew up avidly reading science fiction and fantasy and watching Star Trek reruns with her large family. They lived on a little farm where she loved to visit the solitary cow and collect (and juggle) the eggs, usually making it back to the house with most of them intact. On that same farm she once owned thirty-three gerbils and eighteen cats, not a good mix, as it turns out. Teyla always had her nose in a book and daydreamed about someday creating her own worlds. She is now married, mostly grown up, and has seven kids, including a five-year-old, so life at her house can be very interesting (and loud), but writing keeps her sane. Grabbing any snatch of free time from her hectic life, she escapes to her office to write. She loves guns, martial arts, and belly dancing. Teyla writes urban fantasy, paranormal romance, and science fiction. She also writes romance and romantic suspense under the name Rachel Branton. For a free ebook and to hear about new releases, please visit http://www.TeylaBranton.com.
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The Truth

Adult Teenagers

Reviewed in the United States on March 6, 2018

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I really thought I would like this book more than I did. I finished it and enjoyed the concept and would building to a degree but it came up lacking in the end. The author made a valiant attempt to create adult characters (rather then teenagers) and to a small degree this succeeded. In the end of the day/book and some thinking I realized that although the characters were all cast as adults many came off as teenagers including the heroine (I will say Erin was way better than a lot of the TSTL heroins out there). The author developed some action but it got drowned out by repetitive family values dialogue. the author also touched upon the immortals "super fertility" which overcame all methods of birth control about 6 times (which did really make sense) - I essentially saw this as the authors way to avoid "steamy scenes" in a book that should have been adult but came off as teen.

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ella

Seriously?

Reviewed in the United States on June 25, 2020

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The book takes you round and round in unending circles. I was quite literally dizzy by the end. Renegades rush to protect Erin's family, unsuccessfully. Radkey is not Erin's father, Stefan is. Then Stefan isn't her father, Dimitri is. Cort is a traitor, then he isn't. Laurence is a good guy, then he is an idiot traitor. Justine is dead, then she isn't. Tom is dead, oh no, he isn't. Really!!! Then, who fights the enemy like the Renegades do? Both Emporium and Hunters slaughter the Renegades but the Renegades go out of their way to keep both enemies alive! They maim them but hardly ever kill them. Yet eg in the New York renegades attack, 20 of their people died. I really can't read a second book in the series. It would give me depression.

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Really enjoyed this one!

Reviewed in the United States on September 27, 2018

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The Change written by Teyla Branton is an interesting book. I actually really enjoyed reading this book and it had my full attention from the very first page. I found that this book has a breath of fresh air and is not your standard vampire or werewolf paranormal book, and I try to find more books like this one.

It is very well written and has a nicely developed plot that has some very well placed twists in the story that I did not see coming. Those are always great because they make a book just so much better in my opinion. The pace of the book was great with something happening all the time, never leaving you with the feeling that the story was dragging out but it was not overdone either so you didn't feel like the author was trying to rush you through the story either.

The book is pretty much written from the point of view of our heroine, Erin, who is a very likable character. Although she has quite the conundrum she seems to take things in strides. Even though she makes the mistakes you are like "Seriously? Why would you do that? That makes no sense whatsoever!", they kind of do make sense since I can imagine if I were in that situation I may react that way even though I would try not to, IF of course any of this was at all possible that is!

Ritter of course is a great addition and I do like him as a strong male character in the story. There are lot of other characters I think fit perfectly into the story on the "good" and "bad" side.

I really enjoyed reading this book. It seems its a 6 book series with a couple more series related books thrown in. I am pretty sure I will at least pick up the actually series book since I really want to know how this all ends. The story line is somewhat unique in its paranormal characters and the book was very well written, so this series is definitely going on my read list!

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Grant Reed

A Fresh Look at Immortality

Reviewed in the United States on December 13, 2017

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I thought this story was interesting.

The concept: Near immortals exist, unknown to the general public, and that they are broken into factions. It is also worth noting that these immortals seem to have family lines, but that the immortal trait is not developed in most of the line. The individuals that have this trait develop refer to themselves as Unbounded, from without boundaries. Erin Radkey, the protagonist, just discovered that she is Unbounded. This is her introduction to that world. It is also our introduction to it.

During this book we meet two factions of Unbounded, the Emporium and the Renegades. It is interesting that the main character is introduced to the world in such a way that it is difficult to tell which faction she would most likely fit in, at least during the bulk of the book. Each faction has goals and a belief that they are the correct faction.

Ms. Branton does a good job of bringing in the mythology/fiction/history of our world into the framework of our world. Each Unbounded has a particular talent, or area of specialty. That talent affects the way the Unbounded can interact with the world, whether through Science, Combat, Art, etc.

One of the things I like in fiction is a refreshing approach to magic. Though the talent system, which is apparently tied to genetics, is not an actual Magic System, I can classify it as such. Overall I found her Unbounded talent system well thought out; both flexible and scalable.

One of the drawbacks of this book, in my opinion, were the number of twists and turns within the story. While I enjoyed them to a point, it seemed to me that by the end of the story a twist would occur to extend the drama. While I didn't mind it too much, I thought it detracted from the story a little.

After I read this book I went on to the next book in the series, so I did enjoy it.

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Todd D.

Great new series

Reviewed in the United States on September 2, 2016

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Good first book, was not sure about this series but decided to give it a try. Glad I did as the author does a pretty good job of working with the story and developing characters. The good news is, like many authors, she only gets better with the additional books. So far I have read three in the series and it just keeps getting better.

Excellent take on folks that can have extra abilities and such, better than others who have attempted something similar. I really like the way she has come up with the unbounded idea and continues to expand it. I don't see how this series doesn't have a very long life.

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Hisham

Not for me.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 28, 2018

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I wanted to like this book. But it just didn't happen for me. The Change has been in my virtual TBR pile for a few years now, and it was a disappointment.

I was intrigued by the set-up. But let down by various things.

The point of view is from the perspective of Erin. A newly revealed "Unbounded" who are a rare subset of humanity that age a LOT slower than normal. They also have incredible regenerative/healing abilities that make them almost unkillable. Erin is in her early 30's. My problem with Erin is that she is written to seem read like a teen in a YA novel. I like YA novels, but it just didn't work for this story.

Most of the other characters are very meh too. There are goodies and baddies with most characters clearly falling into one category or another. It just felt too simplistic and binary. None of the characters were otherwise compelling.

The plot was interesting but predictable.

The book seemed to be fighting itself to veer towards Romance or Speculative Thriller without mastering either.

I wanted to like The Change, but I just can't. I will not be reading the rest of the series.

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AlwaysReading

Loved it!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 1, 2020

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I bought this because I'd enjoyed the Colony Six stories and knew the writing would be great. I wasn't disappointed - another super story by one of my now favourite authors.

The Change is the beginning of a series about Unbounded - those with special gifts...no spoilers.

I loved the characters and unravelling mystery that surrounded Erin and the new world she must enter to survive.

It's not what you may think and definitely worth reading.

Highly recommended.

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Sam

A change for the better

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 29, 2016

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This being the third or fourth in line of scifi/fantasy novels I have read of very high standard, I was surprised to be reading another original and interesting take in this genre.

This book starts as it means to go on with fast moving action and multiple characters being introduced. Erin Radkey wakes up in hospital from a horrific car crash which should have killed her, to find not only is she still alive, but recovering unexpectedly quickly.
She soon finds out the reason for her rapid healing is that she is 'unbounded', which means she has a gene which allows her extended mortality and that she has the power to heal herself. Each unbounded person is also blessed with a specific skill.

It is from here on out we meet her fellow unbounded counterparts who inform her of true nature, and initially prevent her from going about her former life, but events soon spiral out of control as Hunters intervene, and try to kill Erin her fellow unbounded, she is also introduced to the fact a a rival group exist who wish to wipe out her group. Erin finds herself fighting for her life and her families lives, as well as forming new relationships amongst endlessly conflicting information, regarding her existence, and who she should trust.

I loved this brilliant concept and the ablility of the author to keep the story evolving with twists to the stories arc constantly taking the reader in different directions. This is has very well written with fully imagined characters and situations. She also manages to give enough depth to each person, so that the lines between good and bad are very much blurred, and no character is all good or all bad, even the hunters.

This is a fun and very exciting adventure which keeps the reader on the edge of thier seat, never letting you second guess where it is going next. Can't wait to read number two in this fantastic trilogy.

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Sensibly Frugal Living

and have to live with the possibility that they willwatch them die too

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 25, 2016

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The concept of immortals is not a new one in fiction, but Branton’s unique take on a old concept was refreshing and engaging. She realistically builds a world where a select few are Unbounded, which means that around the age of thirty they stop aging at the speed of average humans. They are not immortal in the literal ‘live forever’ sense, but age centuries slower, can survive otherwise life threatening injuries, regenerate, and can be killed in a certain manner.

Branton highlights the struggles of these Unbounded humans in regards to relationships with family who inevitably they will see grow old and die. Some Unbounded even embark on relationships with ordinary humans, have children, and have to live with the possibility that they will watch them die too, unless on the off chance, one of their children inherit the gene. Unbounded female’s bodies reject birth control, and those who have lived for years and have felt the hurt of loss, understandably take a committed view on sex.

Erin Radkey is in an horrific car crash, severely burnt, and on the brink of death. That is, until her fourth great grandmother and a team of Unbounded known as Renegades steal her from the hospital, heal her, and introduce her to an Unbounded war between the Renegades, Mortal ‘hunters’, and the Emporium. Erin has to deal with her new life, the possibility of never seeing the only family she has ever known again, and picking a side in the deadly war.

The characters are well rounded and developed with personal stories and backgrounds that the reader is shown in snippets. We get to know Erin and the changes she is experiencing, and her new romance, although it feels doomed from the start, is engaging and real.

I thoroughly enjoyed this story and the writer’s ability to build a believable world with realistic consequences. I gave it 4 out of 5 stars due to a fast paced plot twist in the mid section of the book that left my head spinning. I understand the motivation behind the twist (no spoilers), but it wasn’t drawn out enough for me to fully grasp the emotions, and the impact that should have been huge, felt a little disappointing. That being said, the fast moving story line is hypnotic and kept me turning the pages. I finished The Change in 3 days.

I would highly recommend this book, and I can’t wait to crack on with book two in the series.

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Longtime bike rider

Unbounded interest. Well worth a read.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 8, 2017

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A slightly new direction for me, but I found that I soon got submerged in the book. I like the characters, the way they developed (although the boyfriend sounded like a prat from first intro right up to the end) and enjoyed the story along with the later surprises (won't tell you) and the end of part one.
The premise is interesting, the development believable (although no-one seems to have a handle on telling the truth, which got a bit frustrating)
I shall have to get the next in the series...
Recommended

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