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Lendas de Lemúria
“Não existe um lugar como Lemúria!” Casper ficou surpreso com a veemência na voz de sua esposa. Ela age como se eu falasse sobre isso o tempo todo, pensou, franzindo a testa. Viu o rosto franzido em seu semblante e desviou o olhar. "Por que você não pode falar sobre nos tirar desta bola de barro?" Era uma pergunta que ela teria feito a Casper muitas vezes. Ele suspirou e não conseguiu parar sua reação. "Mas eu estou falando sobre sairmos daqui. Se conseguir encontrar um de seus cristais.” "Você nunca verá um desses cristais. Ninguém os tem! Porque eles não existem! É impossível!" Ela atirou as mãos ao ar e saiu de sua presença. Casper olhou para a porta vazia, perguntando-se se ela iria, mesmo sabendo que não funcionaria e que apenas a frastaria. Não havia como convencê-la. Ele olhou ao redor do espaço restrito. Uma cela de prisão em Karata. No Cinturão de Orion.
240 pages, Paperback
First published August 26, 2014
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Scott Michael Decker
55 books15 followersScott Michael Decker, MSW, is an author by avocation and a social worker by trade. He is the author of twenty-plus novels in the Science Fiction and Fantasy genres, dabbling among the sub-genres of space opera, biopunk, spy-fi, and sword and sorcery. His biggest fantasy is wishing he were published. His fifteen years of experience working with high-risk populations is relieved only by his incisive humor. Formerly interested in engineering, he's now tilting at the windmills he once aspired to build. Asked about the MSW after his name, the author is adamant it stands for Masters in Social Work, and not "Municipal Solid Waste," which he spreads pretty thick as well. His favorite quote goes, "Scott is a social work novelist, who never had time for a life" (apologies to Billy Joel). He lives and dreams happily with his wife near Sacramento, California.
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May 7, 2015
Print Length: 396 pages
Language: English
ASIN: B00OYULU5Q
Brief Synopsis
Casper is living a sad life in a prison located on a desert planet named Karata with a wife that cares nothing for him and shames him daily. He may not be an Adonis and his temper usually finds him trouble, but he wants to be free of his current situation and escape into a beautiful world.
He discovers a crystal haphazardly through a mining accident he was involved in and learns about some of its abilities. The crystal finds its way into his body in an unusual manner that results in making him unwell for a time. He finds the crystal can transport him to another world far from the one he lives in. The life he has is not what he wishes, and that includes making a new start somewhere without his cheating immoral wife.
There are other people with other crystals with unusual properties like the one Casper has. Nadika, a carnival owner’s daughter and Jayani, an Eco preserve warden, among others. The crystals are attached to a world known in legend as Lemuria, and as these people explore their crystals they unsuspectingly unleash forces that contributed to the collapse of civilisation in the past.
My Thoughts
Perhaps your interests run into ancient myth. Where is the elusive Atlantis? Did it actually exist? These questions play a role in a bigger picture. They lend themselves as a catalyst for some to explore the pages of history. They make discoveries and further embrace the legendary worlds buried beneath the crust of antiquity.
That is how I felt as I read this book. The entire legend and prospect of Lemuria unearths a type of excitement on par with Indiana Jones even though it is fantasy.
Each character introduced through the pages of this novel is well fleshed out for the reader. Every detail about their lives from their religion, dress, habitat and traditions each element contributes to a well-defined and visualised character that is enjoyable to learn more about. When I was done, I felt as if I knew these people.
That is when a book has done its job. The writing of this book leaps from the pages and gets into your mind as surely as if you met the cast of characters in person.
Would I recommend this book? Yes, I would! I shall not reveal more about it here. I say read the book to learn more. You won’t be disappointed.
Language: English
ASIN: B00OYULU5Q
Brief Synopsis
Casper is living a sad life in a prison located on a desert planet named Karata with a wife that cares nothing for him and shames him daily. He may not be an Adonis and his temper usually finds him trouble, but he wants to be free of his current situation and escape into a beautiful world.
He discovers a crystal haphazardly through a mining accident he was involved in and learns about some of its abilities. The crystal finds its way into his body in an unusual manner that results in making him unwell for a time. He finds the crystal can transport him to another world far from the one he lives in. The life he has is not what he wishes, and that includes making a new start somewhere without his cheating immoral wife.
There are other people with other crystals with unusual properties like the one Casper has. Nadika, a carnival owner’s daughter and Jayani, an Eco preserve warden, among others. The crystals are attached to a world known in legend as Lemuria, and as these people explore their crystals they unsuspectingly unleash forces that contributed to the collapse of civilisation in the past.
My Thoughts
Perhaps your interests run into ancient myth. Where is the elusive Atlantis? Did it actually exist? These questions play a role in a bigger picture. They lend themselves as a catalyst for some to explore the pages of history. They make discoveries and further embrace the legendary worlds buried beneath the crust of antiquity.
That is how I felt as I read this book. The entire legend and prospect of Lemuria unearths a type of excitement on par with Indiana Jones even though it is fantasy.
Each character introduced through the pages of this novel is well fleshed out for the reader. Every detail about their lives from their religion, dress, habitat and traditions each element contributes to a well-defined and visualised character that is enjoyable to learn more about. When I was done, I felt as if I knew these people.
That is when a book has done its job. The writing of this book leaps from the pages and gets into your mind as surely as if you met the cast of characters in person.
Would I recommend this book? Yes, I would! I shall not reveal more about it here. I say read the book to learn more. You won’t be disappointed.
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