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The Vanishing
For readers age 10 and up, The Vanishing, a short story prequel to The Raie’Chaelia, reveals Jeremiah’s story: the handsome, young champion archer and hunter who catches every girl’s eye. Pressured by his father to marry and settle down, Jeremiah makes other plans but something happens and he experiences a hard knock that he is not expecting. What is it and what does it mean for him? What are his plans and why isn’t he happy?
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50 pages, Kindle Edition
First published July 20, 2011
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November 29, 2011
What can I say...I'm a sucker for a hottie with a bow & arrow who can rough it in the mountains...and COOK! The Vanishing was another great prequel to The Raie Chaelia.
Blurb:
The Vanishing, a prequel to The Raie’Chaelia (rye-kale-ya), reveals Jeremiah’s story – the handsome, young champion archer and hunter, who catches every girl’s eye and is the object of his doting mother’s affection.
Cradled in the beautiful Auramont Vale, Branbury is a farming village, lush with crop fields and evergreens that cover the land. It’s country life is slow, calm, and hard-working. The enormous Mount Vaassa lies to the west looming over the village like a tower and its resources provide an extra source of livelihood and recreation for the townfolk. Jeremiah Maehbeck is one of those who enjoy the wild beauty of the mountain and the quiet escape that it provides from a life that he does not want. Pressured by his father to marry and settle down, Jeremiah makes other plans but something happens and he experiences a hard knock that he is not expecting. What is it and what does it mean for him? What are his plans and why isn’t he happy? In the story you learn about the life of the hero - what happens to him, how it affects him, and how he truly feels about his family life, his village, and his love.
Overall: I really liked this prequel. I like the fact that we get to know a character before diving into the main story. Jeremiah is a jack of all trades. I loved that about him, but what I really, really loved, was the fact that he was waiting for the right gal. He didn't cave into the pressure of choosing a life partner and settle down because he was at that age where the boys were doing so, but he had his own ideas. Swoon worthy indeed!!
I say give this a try because I have a feeling you won't be disappointed!
Blurb:
The Vanishing, a prequel to The Raie’Chaelia (rye-kale-ya), reveals Jeremiah’s story – the handsome, young champion archer and hunter, who catches every girl’s eye and is the object of his doting mother’s affection.
Cradled in the beautiful Auramont Vale, Branbury is a farming village, lush with crop fields and evergreens that cover the land. It’s country life is slow, calm, and hard-working. The enormous Mount Vaassa lies to the west looming over the village like a tower and its resources provide an extra source of livelihood and recreation for the townfolk. Jeremiah Maehbeck is one of those who enjoy the wild beauty of the mountain and the quiet escape that it provides from a life that he does not want. Pressured by his father to marry and settle down, Jeremiah makes other plans but something happens and he experiences a hard knock that he is not expecting. What is it and what does it mean for him? What are his plans and why isn’t he happy? In the story you learn about the life of the hero - what happens to him, how it affects him, and how he truly feels about his family life, his village, and his love.
Overall: I really liked this prequel. I like the fact that we get to know a character before diving into the main story. Jeremiah is a jack of all trades. I loved that about him, but what I really, really loved, was the fact that he was waiting for the right gal. He didn't cave into the pressure of choosing a life partner and settle down because he was at that age where the boys were doing so, but he had his own ideas. Swoon worthy indeed!!
I say give this a try because I have a feeling you won't be disappointed!
August 17, 2011
I actually liked "The Vanishing" better than Melissa's other prequel story, The Journey Begins, a Prequel to The Raie' Chaelia, for being possessed by more, in my opinion, charming characters and a more captivating world building with hints at an intriguing past history.
And yet, for some reason I had a much harder time to fully get into it. I thought the story to show a slow start, but with a very entertaining middle part wich then unfortunately is followed again by a rather slow final act.
And yet, for some reason I had a much harder time to fully get into it. I thought the story to show a slow start, but with a very entertaining middle part wich then unfortunately is followed again by a rather slow final act.
August 5, 2011
After reading The Journey Begins, I was really looking forward to reading this second prequel to the Raie’Chaelia. This one features the male protagonist of the series and I absolutely loved it.
I liked Jeremiah, he seemed like a pretty cool guy. I’m always interested in characters that are good at archery. That made Jeremiah especially awesome in my mind. Jeremiah was a really sweet guy and I look forward to reading more about him.
There were some very interesting supporting characters too. Especially, Aemis, he was just really funny and it reminded me of something I can’t quite recall.
What made me really love The Vanishing was the mixture of fantasy and science. There were a couple of times where science was weaved into the story and I really loved those parts. I’m really hoping for more of that kind of thing in The Raie’Chaelia.
I really enjoyed The Vanishing and the ended made me definitely want more. I think that both The Vanishing and The Journey Begins are really great set-ups for The Raie’Chaelia. They definitely have me intrigued. I am so curious now as to just what is going on.
I liked Jeremiah, he seemed like a pretty cool guy. I’m always interested in characters that are good at archery. That made Jeremiah especially awesome in my mind. Jeremiah was a really sweet guy and I look forward to reading more about him.
There were some very interesting supporting characters too. Especially, Aemis, he was just really funny and it reminded me of something I can’t quite recall.
What made me really love The Vanishing was the mixture of fantasy and science. There were a couple of times where science was weaved into the story and I really loved those parts. I’m really hoping for more of that kind of thing in The Raie’Chaelia.
I really enjoyed The Vanishing and the ended made me definitely want more. I think that both The Vanishing and The Journey Begins are really great set-ups for The Raie’Chaelia. They definitely have me intrigued. I am so curious now as to just what is going on.
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July 16, 2014Not for me.
August 25, 2012
It's not a bad book. The story is clean and flows along well. There were a few moments of brilliance peppered between a great beginning and a great ending.
But it's not a great book either. I kept waiting for it to get interesting again once the mom showed up ... and it did, right as it ended. Not enough interesting for me to go hunting for more.
Upon being urged to continue reading the series ... I did so.
What I quickly realized is that this is not so much a prequel as it is an alternate beginning.
I would Highly Recommend ... FIRST read the first 2 chapters of The Raie'chaelia. But stop when you reach the point where Chalice is in the house and creams the tall handsome guy and throws him into the bookshelf.
THEN come read this as it fits very nicely into the slot there giving the story of the young man lying on the floor and stops at about that point and the two stories join for the remainder of the book, the Raie'chaelia. And it gives you background on the mystery girl so that it is far less strange for her to suddenly show up there.
A few other things that you should know, but wouldn't find out until well within the main book, is that the days are 28 hours long, and the earth now spins backwards. This is a book set in the extreme distant future, after a cataclysmic Ice Age.
I will say that I have mostly enjoyed the main book and I am glad that I have continued the series, and I've now started on the next book (book 2 of the trilogy). She has some interesting things in her story - but I'll review this book on it's own page.
For Full Review: http://oscarlettreviews.blogspot.com/...
But it's not a great book either. I kept waiting for it to get interesting again once the mom showed up ... and it did, right as it ended. Not enough interesting for me to go hunting for more.
Upon being urged to continue reading the series ... I did so.
What I quickly realized is that this is not so much a prequel as it is an alternate beginning.
I would Highly Recommend ... FIRST read the first 2 chapters of The Raie'chaelia. But stop when you reach the point where Chalice is in the house and creams the tall handsome guy and throws him into the bookshelf.
THEN come read this as it fits very nicely into the slot there giving the story of the young man lying on the floor and stops at about that point and the two stories join for the remainder of the book, the Raie'chaelia. And it gives you background on the mystery girl so that it is far less strange for her to suddenly show up there.
A few other things that you should know, but wouldn't find out until well within the main book, is that the days are 28 hours long, and the earth now spins backwards. This is a book set in the extreme distant future, after a cataclysmic Ice Age.
I will say that I have mostly enjoyed the main book and I am glad that I have continued the series, and I've now started on the next book (book 2 of the trilogy). She has some interesting things in her story - but I'll review this book on it's own page.
For Full Review: http://oscarlettreviews.blogspot.com/...
August 19, 2011
Actually I think that this book also suffers from the same problems as its sister book The Journey Begins, a Prequel to The Raie' Chaelia, in that it's too short to have any real impact as a standalone. What I would do when reading this book is to get it before reading The Raie'Chaelia. All in all however it is a quaint book, and fun to read.
October 8, 2011
This book unlike the "The Journey Begins" is written in the perspective of a young man called Jeremiah Maehbeck who likes traveling a lot and is the scholarly type who likes to learn, the only thing missing in his life is his old friend who he meets unexpectedly while returning home after his trip to the mountains. Both books are short prequel stories to the "Raie'Chaelia the 1st book in the trilogy "the legend of the prophecy". Both are written good and read easily.For me it was good to have some some background info before I start reading the Raie'Chaelia but for others it may seem unnecessary, all lays in the eyes of the viewer.
November 27, 2011
This novella was better than the other. There still seems to be a lot o details and extras that aren't really needed.
I really liked being introduced to Jeremiah's family although it did get a bit confusing at times.
I was also excited to finally read about Chalice and Jeremiah meeting. I want to know what happened to his village since everyone disappeared.
This story sounds very interesting and I'm excited to start reading it.
It is a little hard to follow for me because I keep thinking that this is set in an older time but they have modern day speech. We'll see what happens in the actual novel.
I really liked being introduced to Jeremiah's family although it did get a bit confusing at times.
I was also excited to finally read about Chalice and Jeremiah meeting. I want to know what happened to his village since everyone disappeared.
This story sounds very interesting and I'm excited to start reading it.
It is a little hard to follow for me because I keep thinking that this is set in an older time but they have modern day speech. We'll see what happens in the actual novel.
December 12, 2015
3.5 stars
August 16, 2011
Great story! Jeremiah is very sweet and I couldn't wait to see how everything progressed.
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