Awareness

The Art of Veiling #1

by Tantz Aerine

When Themya Daryan's gift of magic manifests itself, family circumstances make her see it as a curse instead of a blessing. She and her widower father ask from her Sorcerer Uncle to apply to have it Blocked by the Realm's Council of Five. However, when her Uncle takes her there, not only does she not get what she requested, but she realises that she has more than just one Gift. By the cultivation of her Gift of the UnVeilable unfurls a yarn of deception and crime the culprits of which are still around, still powerful, and willing to do anything from murder to war to genocide to stop the truth from being exposed.

620 pages, softcover

First published January 1, 2006

About the author

I was born in Montreal, Canada, to Greek parents studying there for their post graduate degrees.

I've been raised in Greece since I was 4, and given the fact that my family's history is tightly interwoven with Greece's war and political history, I've lived a life forged in the ideals of freedom, justice and a place in the sun for everyone, and fighting for them to the end. And being Greek, doing it with a good dose of humour to temper the tears and drama involved!

I've been a professional literature author since 2005 but I have been writing educational textbooks since as early as 1997.

I like originality, and new twists in classic themes and tales, and this is what I strive to do in my books. For despite the fact every story has already been told, it's the way we tell it that makes every version unique and irreplacable, just like the fingerprints on any set of seemignly similar human fingers ;)

Reviews

[Tantz Aerine · Rating 5 out of 5]

As I am the author of this book, I have pasted part of a review from a reader below, which was submitted to the Art of Veiling official site :

Tantz Aerine's characters come alive in her writing, taking on very believable personalities of their own. She has created a world in its own right, with its own characters, yet their emotional states can be related to by all. Every minor detail is personalized to the character themselves; ranging from their vocabulary, their reactions, and indeed what they react to as well. The Art of Veiling: Awareness is fast-paced, creating imagery so seemingly easily that brings the Realm alive, with just the right amount of tension and suspense to captivate the reader's complete interest. The carefully-chosen vocabulary maintains a consistent ease of reading, engaging the reader's imagination without complication.

[Ευθυμία Δεσποτάκη · Rating 3 out of 5]

Τραβάει σε μάκρος, μιας και είναι το πρώτο μέρος της τριλογίας κι έχει μόνο (!) 798 σελίδες. Στα συν: το όλο κόνσεπτ των τριών εθνών των ανθρώπων, που όμως ονομάζουν εαυτούς Έλβους ή Δράκους, κι ο απίστευτα ερωτεύσιμος χαρακτήρας του θείου Ααρών. Πάει καιρός που ερωτεύτηκα ένα χαρακτήρα κι είναι ακριβώς αυτό που με τραβάει και στην πραγματική ζωή: Πανύψηλος, ακοινώνητος, σαρκαστικός σε σημείο να θες να τον μπατσίσεις και εντελώς βασανισμένος. Στα μείον: το μέγεθος (το είπα και πιο πάνω άλλωστε), η μετάφραση (μέχρι και λάθη σύνταξης βρήκα και δε νομίζω ότι αντικατοπτρίζουν το αγγλικό κείμενο) και η επιμονή να βάζουν υποσημειώσεις εκεί που δεν χρειάζονται. Π.χ., οι Ανώτεροι Έλβοι μιλούν κάπως πιο φανφαρόνικα και ο μεταφραστής θέλησε να τους βάλει να μιλάνε καθαρευουσιάνικα (και δεν τα πολυκαταφέρνει κατά τη γνώμη μου). Γράφει λοιπόν "ούτως οδεύσομεν" και βάζει υποσημείωση στο "ούτως": Έτσι. Σε άλλα σημεία όπου το λεξιλόγιο είναι δραματικά διαφορετικό από τη δημοτική δε βάζει τίποτε.