Review this Book   Kindle Edition Download to your Nook (eBook) Download from Apple iTunes (eBook) Download from Smashwords (eBook) Amazon Universal link Category:  Action/Thriller Publisher: Create Space Independent Publishing Platform ISBN-10:  1495973085 Type: Fiction Pages: 298 Copyright: April, 2014 ISBN-13: 9781495973086 Price: FREE! (eBook) Mike's psychic ability is to see visions of the future. He's kept this a secret for many years, but someone found out and they'll do anything to capture him to study his mystical gift. A slice-of-life, paranormal thriller. Mike Lewis boldly narrates his fantastical story and confesses his secret: He sees horrifying visions of disturbing future events through a kaleidoscope each time he closes his eyes. He'd like to live a normal life, but an elusive threat prohibits him from doing that. Someone wants to study his mystical ability and they’ll do whatever it takes to further their strange, covert agenda. The Vision Chronicles eight-book thriller series is a slice-of-life metaphysical/visionary story that details Mike's changing ability as he protects himself, his family, and his friends from those who doggedly pursue him. If you love mind-boggling suspense with a dash of paranormal and a touch of romance, this is the series for you!

Kept me engaged the whole time
We have all heard of a Kaleidoscope. That beautiful childhood toy that allows you to see a colorful combination when you look into it is a favorite memory of mine. What if that beautiful memory was turned into terrifying visions that clouded your mind every time you closed your eyes? That is what happens to Mike Lewis, the protagonist in Kaleidoscope by Chariss K. Walker, every time he closes his eyes. He has a gift for seeing the future, but it appears to him as terrifying pictures in a broken Kaleidoscope pattern. After hiding his gift for many years Mike decides it time to open up to someone. From that point on his life turns into chaos. Between the characters, the action, the paranormal activity and one heck of a cliff hanger, I can’t wait to read the next story in The Vision Chronicles.

A good psychological suspense novel
The story of 44-year old protagonist Mike Lewis's discovery of a psychic ability he neither wants nor understands is a thought-provoking and suspense-filled psychological look into the mind of a man who has denied the existence of his visions since childhood. To his few friends, he has an enviable life with a job that pays well, allows him to fly around the world for work that he enjoys on more or less his own schedule, and as a handsome, fit man, he can pretty much have any woman he wants. Even Mike believes his life is pretty good, but he has become a creature of habit and something indefinable is missing. He has arranged his life so that he does not have to look at any of it too closely, until he meets Adom, an Egyptian who works for the same company. At a single touch by Adom, Mike's suppressed "sixth sense" kicks into overdrive and he begins seeing visions of things that come true whenever he closes his eyes, but he sees them as if he's looking at them through a kaleidoscope. Because of this, he cannot make sense out of them until after the event happens. The visions frighten him and he tries For years to ignore them, but over time the denial of his gift takes a toll on him. He can't sleep and goes to a psychiatrist friend for help. With his assistance, Mike begins to learn how to control his reaction to the visions and how to figure out what they mean. He begins to discover a lot about himself as well: that he has kept himself distant from those he cares about and prevented any relationships with women from becoming too close, that he really wants the closeness of a relationship like his parents had together. He also inadvertently discovers that someone has bugged his home and has apparently been watching him for years. Then someone tries to abduct him in broad daylight and Mike has to learn not only who is behind the attempted kidnapping and why, but how to protect himself and prevent another abduction. When things turn deadly, he has to ramp up his own game to stay safe. It becomes a race against the clock to see if he can find whoever it is behind this plot before they find a way to take him prisoner or kill him.

I loved the depth of development in this character as he finds ways to deal with the challenges and dangers being thrown at him. The story is as much about who Mike Lewis is as it is about the action, and it is a fascinating glimpse into his psyche as well as his extraordinary situation. I highly recommend this novel for anyone who is interested in learning how the human mind grapples with the impossible. I am looking forward to reading the rest of this series.

What would it be like to have a paranormal ability?
I was offered this book for free by LibraryThing in exchange for an honest review. I found the story to be very different from anything I have read before and is just the kind of story I love. It revolves around Mike, an ordinary man who sees visions much like a kaleidoscope when he closes his eyes. The catch is that his visions always come true. Now, someone is after him for his gift.
To be honest, I found the first few pages hard to get into but I kept with it and was not disappointed. I think it is normal considering that this is the first book of an anticipated series. Once I got past a certain spot, I found myself staying up at night to finish the book. There are more questions than answers by the end of the book but considering this is a series it makes sense to leave it as a cliff hanger. I found the description of Mike's experiences and dilemmas very realistic and believable. The action and tension created as the novel went on added to my interest. The biggest accomplishment for me is the fact that the author made this very believable and not in the realm of science fiction.
In all, I found this book to be original and well written. I am very interesting in continuing the story.