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BitterLeaf: Book 4 - Portals of Tessalindria Collection
BitterLeaf is an urban fantasy, set on Tessalindria at a time roughly equivalent to the United States in the 1990's, and deals with the issues of a complex milieux with all the prejudices and difficulties of a modern society that has largely forgotten God.Wilner Meltoran, an accomplished biochemist, has isolated and helped commercialize a drug that offers the promise of reversing aging and restoring the healing power of their bodies to those who live on Tessalindria.But something is amiss, and as Wilner seeks to unravel the unexpected consequences of what he has unleashed to the world, he is driven underground and seeks shelter in the oppressed and misunderstood Sessashian cult. Here he begins to understand this group and the teachings that will change his life and the life of his family.More unforgettable characters and insight into the spiritual landscape and history of Tessalindria, wrapped in a compelling tale of cultural confrontation.
525 pages, Paperback
Published November 22, 2023
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March 1, 2024
I loved reading this book. It made me laugh, think … and cry ! Read it slowly at first, but finished it promptly during a vacation.
At first, I thought I wouldn’t enjoy as much a story in a « modern world », and even more so in a hospital / pharma-industry environment. But I really liked it. The story is original, and one can tell that the author personally knows the world of research and development.
- I enjoyed the description of the Meltoran’s family’s slow walk to faith. It is a careful description of how sometimes faith grows in secular people.
- I also really liked the “epigrams” at the beginning of major paragraphs. Some of them are so good, I copied them into my own ‘worthwhile citation database !
- I found the book somewhat hard to get into, because of the number of characters, with various names and nicknames, places and locations with proper names, all a bit unusual (another planet!!). May be that was on purpose, but it certainly makes it harder to follow for the casual reader, who picks up the book only once in a while (like I did at the beginning)
At first, I thought I wouldn’t enjoy as much a story in a « modern world », and even more so in a hospital / pharma-industry environment. But I really liked it. The story is original, and one can tell that the author personally knows the world of research and development.
- I enjoyed the description of the Meltoran’s family’s slow walk to faith. It is a careful description of how sometimes faith grows in secular people.
- I also really liked the “epigrams” at the beginning of major paragraphs. Some of them are so good, I copied them into my own ‘worthwhile citation database !
- I found the book somewhat hard to get into, because of the number of characters, with various names and nicknames, places and locations with proper names, all a bit unusual (another planet!!). May be that was on purpose, but it certainly makes it harder to follow for the casual reader, who picks up the book only once in a while (like I did at the beginning)
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