Twinfinity: Nethermore

by Chris Podhola

A powerful entity imprisoned for 150 years

A sibling betrayal

A blind and deaf girl who isn’t prepared to face any of it

But sometimes blind and deaf isn’t an obstacle

Pointed Feathers, a Cherokee stoked with vengeance after the death of his entire family, calls forth the anisgina, from beyond the shadows, only to realize his mistake before it comes completely through. He, and those that help him, pay for their mistake with their lives, but the bad spirit lives on, beneath Lake Amicolola, feeding itself, building its strength in between slumber, waiting for the one who can set it free from IT’s prison.

Whitney Leighton, blind and deaf from birth, living her life as a passenger in her twin brother Tommy’s mind, seeing through his eyes, hearing through his ears, is the only one who can help free the Anisgina. She’s brought to the Lake by her brother, who dreams of Kat, a girl with ostrich feathers woven into her hair, and falls victim, losing her soul to an unseen force, as her eyes are drained to white.

Strange things begin to happen and everyone at the lake is looking to the two new faces, with their odd and strange abilities, as the source of all that is going wrong. Whitney and Tommy must unite the campers, save the girl, and defeat the evil that lies beneath the lake before IT becomes too powerful to stop.

But success is never free.

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First published May 20, 2014

Reviews

[Marcia · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is the beginning of a series, the length of the series is not stated by the author but you will need to read them in order so that you can know the back story of the characters.

Whitney and Tommy are twins orphaned at an early age and adopted by their aunt and uncle. As they grow, it is evident that there is something "wrong" with Whitney. She only walks, talks, and interacts with her environment when her brother Tommy is near her, any other time she just sits still in an agitated state and waits for Tommy to come back. Eventually the family figures out that Whitney is blind and deaf, on her own. With Tommy around she can "piggy back" and uses his eyes and ears, if he watches her feet then she can walk unaided, she can hear what he hears and thus learned to speak through him. The family keeps this secret, afraid that the children would be treated like lab rats and tested to see what else they could "do". This summer, they are both going to summer camp. A camp Tommy has dreamed about and knows that his sister must attend with him, despite the fact that she will have to navigate the camp while blind and deaf when she isn't "piggy backing" with Tommy. Whitney, on the other hand, would rather be at home than go to summer camp where she can't actually participate in any of the activities. As soon as they drive through the gates, Whitney and Tommy both have their own feelings about the camp but neither tells the other. Strange things are happening and it's possible that Tommy and Whitney will be the only ones capable of preventing a tragic event from occurring. This story is wrapped up within a tale as told by an albino Native American man. I really enjoyed the Native American tie in and I felt that it gave it a spookier and also a more believable basis for the happenings in this book. Each chapter begins with a blurb that is supposed to be a quote from a long dead Native American elder from the tribe that once lived on the land that the summer camp occupies now.

Over all I thought that the story was well told and that it was well paced, I was hooked from about the second chapter and read it in two sittings. There was one recurring problem in the book and that is that the formatting was sub par. Every few pages there were sentences that would be broken up and scattered throughout the page, making it difficult to find what words went with what sentence. I hope that the final copy of the book that is on sale has had this small problem addressed. Despite that annoying hiccup, I really want to read the next book to see what happens, I'm interested to see how Whitney and Tommy are going to resolve the issues left at the end of this book. I felt that tying the story into a Native American "legend" was an interesting angle and it really worked well, in my opinion, and it's unique enough that I can't really think of a book to compare this to. Obviously the characters are mostly teenagers and as such I would call this a young adult book, but I enjoyed it as an adult so I think that readers of all ages will like it.

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[Heather Langston · Rating 4 out of 5]

I enjoyed this. It was kinda fun. There is profanity, however, the way the author did this was...kinda humorous? Not that I enjoy or prefer that in my reads but...well, you'll see what I mean when you read the book. I loved the Native American aspect and the characters in this. The pacing was great and I didn't want to put this one down too often. The ending did offer some closure but there's an opening for another one (which I am look forward to reading!). This was an easy read and, with the exception of the profanity (which, again, didn't bother me too much because of how the author handled it), suitable for younger YA readers (personally, maybe 14+? But that is really individual preference there, I reckon). If you like YA, paranormal/supernatural type reads, I believe this is one you also would enjoy.

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