He can hear a whisper a block away... and can't remember why.
Paul lives in hiding, struggling to control preternatural senses no secret is safe from—and certain that nobody suspects he exists. He searches the city for answers, using his power and a few self-taught tricks to outwit those who have something to hide—and still he cannot remember what drove him away from the people he loved. And now Paul must risk everything to protect the family he left, make peace with a woman he's wronged and face enemies more ruthless than his worst fears, to at last learn what has transformed his life.
Because the one person who knows, is the one who did it to him.
Excerpt
Too loud, too many voices inside talking and jostling to be heard, battering at his Opened hearing… Paul flinched back, couldn’t keep himself from a gasp, and that thundered in his senses too.
But it’s in there, somewhere.
And he couldn’t start hesitating, outside the grand old house in the twilight. Instead, he refocused his power on its second story, finding the half-sheltered region that lay one ceiling above the party. He stepped forward as he did, his feet awkward with most of his will reaching forward. But the echoing in the air ahead, a few footsteps and so many sounds spilling upward through the floorboards, all shifting and mingling and drumming within the rooms and inside his mind…
He broke off the connection and felt the air’s chill seeping into his face. The cold felt too deep, as if he’d been standing there for whole minutes instead of mere moments.
I couldn’t have been lost in it for that long—could I? Still, even now, he couldn’t be sure.
Paul glanced at the people drifting past on the path to the door. I don’t need to do this; the real work here will be late at night, anyway. I could be back reading in bed in half an hour.
But crowds had their uses too, and he couldn’t let fear hold him back. Squaring his shoulders, he shifted onto the path and headed toward the door.
As with most buildings, his first glimpse from inside neatly fleshed out the impressions he’d already formed. The converted mansion was filling up slowly; one young couple lingered in the foyer to wind up their conversation before they reached the main rooms where eager, cynical, young, old, and middling visitors milled about.
First things first. Paul paused at the outer door, looking like just another scruffy young man, perhaps more hesitant than some to join the bustle beyond. Fiddling with his coat to stall, he glanced back at the door and Opened his sight.
From three paces away, the outer face of the lock sprang into his vision, showing him every trace of the plate’s shape and size, enough to compare to the types of locks he knew—
Professional Reviews
Literary R&R
Paul has some unusual abilities that have led to him becoming estranged from his family, friends, and most of the world. He stalks through the days searching for the cause of his abilities, as well as trying to right the wrongs of the world. When he finds out his family is in danger, he reconnects with them, rather cautiously, and through a series of events, faces the one who he believes is responsible for changing his life.
This was an amazing suspense tale. The focus on the book is Paul, a victim of a mysterious transformation that allows him to use his five senses in ways unheard of before. Despite being an unwilling victim, he does his best to bust corruption around him, and to protect his family.
Before I realized it, I had read the book through in one evening. The degree with which this novel moves will completely sweep you in. Paul is a very complex character as he struggles to understand what happened to him, and how much of the consequences is his fault. Facing unknown forces, betrayals, and even risk of death, Paul begins to piece together his past, and to hopefully, right the future.
There are a lot of twists and turns, dead-ends, and suspense, all the way to the final page. It is left wide open for a sequel, that I hope to be just as riveting.
Riveting
Shadowed is a compelling book that keeps you reading with its multiple twists and turns. The reader is drawn to the strong, main character Paul with his supernatural senses and ability to read minds. I couldn't put the book down (a fast read) only to discover it was a cliff hanger--leading to a possible sequel. Can't wait for the next one!
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED - A MUST READ
It's one of those stories that reflects an inner conflict within and how the characters actions, reactions and perceptions unfold throughout the novel.
Often your worst enemy, yet still pursuing and attempting to prove the source of his powers, the character experiences mis-understandings, false leads, betrayal, corruption which tears at his heart strings and human emotions.
By using heightened perception this book is a cliff hanger, suspense, mystery and thriller all rolled into one. Edge of the seat as Shadowed unfolds into a catalyst of understanding, knowing and the final realization that the power within would still have to remain a secret.
Pegasus is the symbol of wisdom and inspiration. This book, although a dystopia, is meant to inspire people to search for a greater future through wisdom. We have the technology to create a Garden of Eden here on Earth, if only we are wise enough to
