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Pale Zenith Kindle Edition

by Wendy Rathbone (Author)

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On a far-flung “Earth” in a parallel universe, two factions are fighting a decades-long psychic war. Young talented psychics are being kidnapped from present day Earth to serve as part of one side’s psychic army. They are put under the control of spychiatrists, mysterious machines with many limbs that have a programmed ability to travel time and space and universes to kidnap and control carefully selected humans. The humans never know they are being used; when their missions are completed they are brought back to their universe through time and placed back in their beds, their memories wiped.

Lacy meets the twins, Zack and Leo, late one night in a bar and learns that her nightmares and Leo’s match, along with matching scars neither remembers. They set out to solve the mystery of the reality that exists beyond their dreams.

Kittin lives on a parallel Earth and has never known a world without war. As a victim of psychic attack and its resulting madness, she is whisked from her family and institutionalized, until one day at age 18 she discovers a psychic connection to a dangerous boy from the “other side” and becomes part of the elite psychic army at Moltenrose Tower.

Ashao is the son of the ruler of the Walled City. His birthright is to inherit his father’s kingdom, and the psychic army he controls. On his 16th birthday he is given a spychiatrist to experiment with. From that one gift, he learns a harsh truth about the tortures of war, and must make a decision to follow his father, or become a traitor and follow his heart.

“Pale Zenith” is the story of how all these characters unite to overcome their tragedies in an alien environment of horrific war-time abuse. Angst, humor, tragedy and romance ensue.

Length: 310 pages

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File Size: 2113 KB
Print Length: 310 pages
Publisher: Eye Scry Publications (November 19, 2013)
Publication Date: November 19, 2013
Sold by: Amazon Digital Services LLC
Language: English
ASIN: B00DRHMB00
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- #3163 in Books > Science Fiction & Fantasy > Science Fiction > Time Travel
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Good Sci Fi; Really Good Sci Fi

By Christina E. Pilz on July 13, 2014

Format: Paperback

Keep in mind that sci-fi is not my current reading focus - I used to read sci-fi a lot when I was a kid, all the classics, Heinlein, Time Machine, Fahrenheit 451, Martian Chronicles, Childhoods End, all that stuff. I think I moved away from sci-fi when I discovered fantasy (Robin McKinley and Susan Dexter), and finally started to read early Anne Rice from which came my deep love of Historical fiction. Pale Zenith took me back to those days, reading as classic sci fi with touches of fantasy, which is, I believe, based on Wendy's use of poetical language, which I loved to pieces.

Wendy uses phrases like, "The clouds were wolves of gold."

Holy cow...that's a hell of an image, and I had it in my head for days, looking at the clouds, grey and spiked, or dark and stormy and touched with gold in the setting sun, and racing across the sky like a pack of wolves. Ah me, my envy leaps up at writing like this. But in a good way. In a "how can I reach my own poetry like this?" I think it takes more letting go than I've been allowing myself, but I recognize what the writer is doing, which is writing with the door shut and her eyes closed (metaphorically speaking) and just writing it, and out it comes. Of course, with years of practice behind it, but you know what I mean. It comes out because Wendy has not only built but maintained the path to LET it come out.

Here's another good turn of phrase (and there were very many!), but this one stuck with me perhaps because of my love of Wendy's work with oceans and places where the ocean meets the land.

"He was gone but Kittin could still smell his sea-scent in the room, washing up kelp and pearls and polished stones, essences he still believed were not his own.Read more ›

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A Fantastic Read !

By Jackie Zoost on January 1, 2016

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I loved this book.! A rip-roaring ,nail biting, sci-fi story so poetically written that you keep going back to read sentences over and over again.An old fashioned good vs evil tale that you don't see too much of these days.
The plot is incredible! And it pulls you right in . Children taken from their beds to be tools in a war that is not theirs in an alien world. WOW !
Now there is an imagination for you.
Kudos and more kudos for Wendy ! A great work !!!!

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If you like Hunger Games or Divergent but want something written for ...

By Geek 4 Sure on August 1, 2014

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I could not put this book down. Usually I pick up a new book and it takes a few days to really get into it. But this one kept me from start to finish. When I had to leave it to work or sleep I kept wondering what was going to happen next. If you like Hunger Games or Divergent but want something written for a more mature audience I recommend Pale Zenith.

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” I loved reading this book

By Jessica D. Rzeszewski on June 28, 2015

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Science fiction written by a poet: that’s how this book impressed me. The author is a wordsmyth and her skill is evident as she unveils her sci-fi plot with uncommon beauty. At the same time, the plot is sinister with twists and turns enveloped in the human capacity for evil. Don’t let that stop you from reading it. Here’s a snippet of its beauty.
“The sky looked melted, six o’clock and almost summer. She could actually smell the colors: wintergreen, orange blossom, cinnamon. The clouds were wolves of gold, circling. The sun was the heart. Everything had a heart. Even the sky. The sun pumped molten slag through its ventricles, venting radiation. The sun seemed as angry as Lacy inside. She wasn’t sure why.”
I loved reading this book. It kept me captivated throughout, as I'm sure it will you, too!

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Excellent read! Highly recommended!

By Alayne Gelfand on November 13, 2013

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The writing is magical, simply gorgeous. The story is amazing, I felt like I'd known the characters all my life. I became totally immersed quickly and was very sorry the tale had to end.

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