Dreamwalker
C.S. Freidman
Daw, Dec 2 2014, $7.99
ISBN: 9780756409647
In Manassas, Virginia Jessica Drake shares her vivid dreams of
alien worlds only with her younger brother Tommy. Her detail is so incredible, Tommy uses much
of what she relates to him in internet gaming.
DNA testing stuns Jessica and her mom when the results prove she is not
the offspring of either of her parents; while hospital birth footprints affirm
these are her parents.
When Tommy texts his sister with “133 watchd”; concerned Jesse
rushes home to learn a woman was looking at their family home. Thinking he was exhausted from an all-nighter
with gamers in Australia, an upset Jesse assumes his imagination is running
wild again. At school a woman wants to
buy Jesse’s dream art “Stalker”. On the
net, Jesse joins a website for those who have conflicting proof as to whom
their parents are. From that site she
meets Rita and Devon who warn her that at least eight members have recently
died in accidents. Jesse and her parents
are safe from a house fire, but Tommy vanished.
Following information on his computer, Jesse and her new friends search
for Tommy; but soon learn of a diabolical alien multi-worlds’ (including earth)
operation.
With its strong underlying message to beware of superpower nation
abuse and unwanted influential pressure on less fortunate people, Book One of
the Dreamwalker Chronicles is an engaging young adult science fiction. The audience will believe in the Friedman
universe due mostly to the actions of the only fully developed character Jesse
and some interesting alternate historical tidbits. On the other hand the mysterious female
watcher, the new buddies, the family and others are stereotypes used exclusively
in support of the heroine. Still this
marvelous opening act will please readers.
Harriet Klausner
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