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In the space of a breath, what he thought was his life…shattered. Grant Borrows has been Shifted- in the silence between heartbeats, his whole life fundamentally altered. There's another man in the world wearing his face and living his life. What's more, the man staring back from his mirror is a stranger. But the changes don't stop at skin-level. Inexplicably, he's able to affect objects around him by simply thinking about them. And as he soon learns, he's become the central figure in a vast web of intrigue that stretches from an underground global conspiracy to a prophecy dating back over seven thousand years. Enemies and allies find him at every turn, but one thing they learn all too soon is that you don't want to push Grant Borrows too far... Can destiny be undone? The players are ready. The game is in motion. And the pace is: Relentless. (The Dominion Trilogy Book 1)

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Parrish's latest opens upon a world so tilted--people are "shifted" into new bodies, while their old bodies and personalities proceed--that it brings Philip K. Dick to mind. Gradually, the Dick-like paranoia itself shifts into flourishes of sword-and-sorcery and a cast of characters rather like X-Men. Psychokinesis is the theme, and Parrish makes it seem plausible, as his reluctant hero, Collin Boyd/Grant Borrows, discovers his powers in a kind of spiritual journey. The cliff-hanging plot mostly holds up, and the pace is, well, relentless. It's almost as though Parrish has too much talent and can't quite bring it under control. Nonetheless, another of Bethany's sf writers, Randall Ingermanson comes to mind, and Parrish is every bit as skilled. John Mort
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"...excellent, different approach to a murder mystery... has my endorsement for this... very imaginative foray into a difficult genre." -- Alan Paul Curtis, who-dunnit.com

"If you are a fan of Stephen King, Dean Koontz, Ted Dekker or Frank Peretti... this book is a must." -- Jeff Holton, 1340mag.com

"If you enjoyed Ted Dekker's Three, or Frank Peretti's Monster, you will love this book." -- Marty Medley, armchairinterviews.com

"If you were unsatisfied with this summer's big superhero movies, you need to read this book." -- Tim Frankovich, christianfictionreview.com

"Parrish writes with the verve and attitude of a New York City cab driver..." -- Bookpage, Oct. 2006

"Rather than being a great "Christian novel," Relentless is a great novel by a very talented Christian writer." -- Jenn Wright, hollywoodjesus.com

"Relentless is a mystery/ action novel like you've never read." -- Shane Werlinger, buddyhollywood.com

"Relentless will quicken your pulse, send shivers of fear through your body, and change the way you look at life." -- Joyce Handzo, Christian Book Previews.com

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Bethany House; First Edition (July 1, 2006)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 448 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0764202219
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0764202216
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.65 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 1.5 x 9 inches

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The first book in Robin's new series, THE RIFTWALKERS AND THE PIERCED VEIL, is out now!

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Robin Parrish has been an author and journalist for more than two decades. He writes primarily about pop culture, and his work has been published in dozens of publications, including Screenrant, Geek Magazine, Tech Times, About.com, Pop Culture Geek, b5media, and many more.

His first novel, Relentless, was published in 2006, and quickly followed by many more. His stories fall under the category of suspense/thrillers, but each one comes from a different genre, such as action, drama, science fiction, fantasy, and more.

He and his wife and two children live in High Point, North Carolina.

"Robin Parrish is a keen-eyed, passionate pop cultural savant, whose writing is as incisive and insightful as it is entertaining."

- Allan Heinberg, Executive Producer, Grey's Anatomy

“My dear friend Robin Parrish had me voraciously turning pages with Offworld. A suspenseful, action-packed story that stimulated my scientific ‘what-ifs,’ along with each character on his/her own journey of self reflection, faith, hope, and redemption.”

– Doug Jones, Actor, The Shape of Water, Star Trek: Discovery, Pan's Labyrinth

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Melissa

Fairly Confusing--3.5 Stars

Reviewed in the United States on January 22, 2009

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In an instant, Collin Boyd's life changed. Not only did someone else inhabit his body, but he had someone else's body, instincts and abilities. What had once been an isolated lonely life, suddenly became full of challenges and confusion. Is this new person, Grant Borrows, truly the answer to an ancient prophecy to change the world?

Relentless has everything I like in a book. It's fast paced, full of suspense, action, intrigue, and original. It even has some nice supernatural elements. I should have absolutely loved it. However, except for the last 100 pages, it never grabbed me and kept my interest for long periods of time. Until that point, I wasn't turning the pages because I couldn't wait to see what happened. Instead, I spent most of the time trying to figure out what in the world was going on.

I do love suspense and I enjoy books that are a challenge to unravel, but if the plot is too confusing, it takes away a lot of the fun. That's the primary problem I had with Relentless. There were many characters and groups introduced that it was hard to figure out who was connected to which group. Additionally, the number of events became a little overwhelming and left me wondering what just happened.

My second major issue was plausibility. I am excellent at suspending my disbelief when it comes to fiction and with some authors I have come to expect their writing to be border line on believable. Relentless really stretched my ability to suspend my disbelief. It wasn't the special abilities of the Loci that was a problem, but rather the reappearance of characters and their continued existence. It was an aspect that began to distract from the book.

Relentless has some bright spots. It was relentless in its pace. It moved very rapidly. The action started on the first page and carried through most of the book. However, it wasn't until the last quarter of the book that the action really began to make sense and have a clear direction. It was at this point the book developed some nice plot twists that were fun to follow. I do love the direction Parrish took with the reason for Grant's abilities. That was a great twist and is the primary reason I'll read parts two and three of this trilogy.

For a first book, it was good. I realize book one in a series tend to have a large amount of information because it's setting up subsequent books. I really believe it was this overload of information that hurt this book. I'm optimistic that the other two will make a lot more sense and I'll have found another author to enjoy.

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A Slow Beginning, but Things Get Better - 3.5 stars

Reviewed in the United States on March 16, 2011

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Collin Boyd isn't who he used to be, isn't who he thinks he is, which means he isn't Collin Boyd anymore and it's debatable as to whether he ever was. He's now Grant Borrows, and he's been Shifted. His consciousness now resides in a body that seems too good to be his, but with that sudden Shift comes dire consequences.

Collin--Grant--is not even given the time to adjust to his new...everything...before a maniacal killer is upon him. Using skills he didn't even know he had, Grant manages to escape, but this only takes him deeper into the mystery. He soon finds that he is not the only one who has been Shifted, and begins to learn just what the Shifting means. It all stretches back to a secret society called the Secretum, a seven thousand year old prophecy, and a group of some very unlikely heroes.

The grand plan of the ages is coming to fruition and it all centers around Grant Borrows. The game is in motion and it will not stop. It seems as if the whole world has conspired against Grant and his few friends as the evil that surrounds them seems so Relentless.

Relentless is Robin Parrish's debut novel, published by Bethany House in 2006. The first of the Dominion Trilogy, Relentless sets the pace--indicative in the title--early and Parrish flexes his sci-fi muscles well. In the beginning, the reader is just absolutely confused--but that's ok, because so is the main character. The whole background for the Dominion Trilogy develops alongside the plotting to Relentless, allowing the reader to learn as Borrows learns.

More than just an action-packed sci-fi tale, Parrish subtly--then not so subtly--weaves in his overarching allegory and theme. To me, this is when the book went from novel to Story. Novels entertain, but Stories mean something. This has to be what fellow author Ted Dekker was talking about when he said that Parrish's "stories are sure to shape fiction for years to come."

Under the action, Parrish subtly raises questions about some deep philosophical questions such as the mind/body dilemma and the psychology of nature and nurture while haunting the reader with some theological musings. In the action, Parrish is solid, delivering a few twists that stretch the limits of believability but overall drawing the reader in well.

I liked this book more with every page I read. Meaning, it's not going to take me long to tear through the pages of book two, Fearless.

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Watt To Read

good writing, unoriginal plot

Reviewed in Canada on June 14, 2013

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Parrish has a good writing style for the most part. Good descriptions without dragging the story down and he keeps it moving. However, as I read I kept feeling like it was pieced together. Like he took his favorite parts of different movies and wove them together. I picked out tones from Highlander, Star Wars, Matrix, X-Men, Terminator. There were others I lost track of. There was even a strong biblical reference for anyone familiar with that type of thing. Still, I did want to keep reading so it wasn't all bad. I hope he continues to write and that he is able to present his story in a more original way. Most stories have been done over and over again, we just need it to be less obvious!

The ebook needs some editing. Minor things, like where there should be a break in the story, or change of location but the paragraph reads like it continues on with the precious story line. Also, the font size kept changing which was distracting (if there was a point to it changing, then I missed it).

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Pontiki

Relentlessly Entertaining !

Reviewed in Canada on October 23, 2016

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Cleverly written, intense story. I'm not one for supernatural books, but the start of this one intrigued me, with Grant watching Collin, himself, walking down the street.

These characters and their unusual powers make it possible that Grant is meant to save the world with his "team".

My favourite character is the Thresher, who is evil, but superhuman, and a powerful force in the game of the prophecy.

There is a stone called the stone of Dominion, that Grant tries to understand, which ultimately leads him to a choice. Others help along the way, including Daniel and Lisa, scientists trying to sort out who has powers and what it all means, and Morgan, the first person to ever Shift, and who has pursued the stone and its meaning for years.

So many groups and individuals involved in this adventure, yet it still all made sense. I'm hooked, got to read the next books now.

T. Gardener

An apt title

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 15, 2011

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Like the title suggests this book is relentless. Swinging from science fiction to thriller, then back again, within the space of a few pages. Imagine walking down the street to work when across the road you see, well you. You see your reflection, and you are no longer you. So who are you, what are you, which is real, your old life walking into the office, or the reflection you see.
Who are your family, your friends, your foes, and those that want you dead. What is the ancient mystery from hundreds of years ago.
There are hundreds more questions that are asked, but why spoil an enjoyable read. I promise read the first 20 pages or 5% on your Kindle and you will be hooked. A very modern raw twist on the science fiction genre. I need to go now to find out what happens in the second instalment.

GemT1976

Worth sticking with

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 10, 2011

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I wont bother going over the plot again as you can read that in the other reviews. Having read the reviews for this book I could not wait to get started on it, and started reading as soon as it hit my kindle. Although you are thrown into the story from the very first page I had a hard time connecting with this novel at first, for some reason I just could not get into this story and yet there was something there that just kept making me go back. All of a sudden at about the 40% mark I was totally hooked and could not put my kindle down. I read the remaining 60% in a matter of hours and downloaded the next 2 installments immediately. If you struggle to get into this book I would really recommend that you persevere as it is well worth it in the end.

Andrew Price

Not really sure about this one

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 14, 2011

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I honestly cannot make up my mind about this one, I did not like it but at the same time did not dislike it.

The story is OK, but I found the formatting (extra blank lines, changes in font etc) quite a distraction.

Towards the end I was starting to loose interest in what happened to the characters, which is never a good sign. Some bits are great with a brilliant story line well written, other bits really seem to drag and you start to have the desire to skip a few pages.

The ending is such that you need to buy the second book to really find out what is going on. I will download the second book as a sample, will I ever get round to reading it, eventually I probably will if it becomes really cheap, but it will by no means be one that I rush to buy.

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