Blurb:
The sleepy town of White Halls harbors a dangerous secret. On a picturesque street, two houses down from a lovely little park, in a quaint little home with a wraparound porch, lives a family that seems rather normal. Sure, their twenty-year-old son, Xander, still lives at home, but he's going to college and dating the leader of the schools top sorority. It's all very... normal. However, when a man is miraculously saved from being hit by a bus, Xander's life turns in to the living embodiment of the tornadoes he can suddenly create with a flick of his wrist. Whether he wants this gift or not, Xander must learn to use his new 'super power' quickly if he wants to survive. For his kind is a dying race, and when this sleepy town has a sudden influx of new, blonde, fire wielders, no one is safe, especially Xander. It doesn't help that one of these blondes happens to be the most beautiful girl he has ever seen. Xander can't deny the instant connection he feels to her so, when she tries to kill him, it certainly makes things complicated.
My review:
Xander Sarraco has been completely
content being a slacker college student. He's coasting through life
as a “C” student and lives with his parents. He has a sorority
girl sort of girlfriend and a loyal best friend. That all changes the
day a man gets hit by a bus in front of him. Only the man doesn't get
hit by the bus like she should have. Instead he bounced off the front
like he simply jumped onto a balloon. Xander has a strange feeling
that he's responsible for the strange incident and goes about testing
the strange new powers. Shortly after the bus incident, he meets and
becomes infatuated with a new classmate Sammy and his family life
blows up when he learns about the secrets that have been kept from
him. Now he and his family are in danger and Xander must use his new
power to save them and the world.
Xander was an average and normal guy
and to me he was believable. His home life seemed fairly normal. I
like when a character seems like a real person and the story is one
you can see really happening. That is until he learns he is a wind
warrior. From there the story becomes fantastic and surreal. Suddenly
he's thrown into a world of protectors, dangers and many secrets.
This was a very entertaining read. I flew through this book quickly
and I'm hoping for more on this story soon. I'd recommend this book
to anyone who likes fantasy, superheroes, and mythology. Really good
read!
About the Author:
Jon Messenger (Born 1979 in London, England) serves as an United States Army Major in the Medical Service Corps. Since graduating from the University of Southern California in 2002, writing Science Fiction has remained his passion, a passion that has continued through multiple combat and humanitarian deployments. Jon wrote the "Brink of Distinction" trilogy, of which "Burden of Sisyphus" is the first book, while serving a 16-month deployment in Baghdad, Iraq.
Author Links:
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