Shadow Games

by Jay J. Falconer

Humanity Will Change Forever, Because of One Girl . . .

Emily Heart is a genetic freak.

But she wasn't born that way. Somebody made her.

Somebody stole her life away and erased everything she knew to be true.

They gave her powers she's just beginning to understand, just beginning to harness.

Now a social outcast and living on the run, fifteen-year-old Emily wants her life back.

And she wants revenge.

Book 1 in the Time Jumper Series

Previously published as Glassford Girl Parts 1 and 2

If you're a fan of Hunger Games, Divergent, and Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, you'll definitely want to read this action-packed series.

Genres: Science Fiction, Time Travel, Young Adult, Audiobook

432 pages, Paperback

Published July 5, 2016

About the author

Jay J. Falconer is an award-winning screenwriter and USA Today Bestselling Author whose books have hit #1 on Amazon in Action & Adventure, Military Sci-Fi, Post-Apocalyptic, Dystopian, Terrorism Thrillers, Technothrillers, Military Thrillers, Young Adult, and Men's Adventure fiction. He lives in the high mountains of northern Arizona where the brisk, clean air and stunning views inspire his day.

When he's not busy working on his next project, he's out training, shooting, hunting, or preparing for whatever comes next.

You can find more information about this author and his books at www.JayFalconer.com.

Awards and Accolades:
2020 USA Today Bestselling Book: Origins of Honor
2018 Winner: Best Sci-Fi Screenplay, Los Angeles Film Awards
2018 Winner: Best Feature Screenplay, New York Film Awards
2018 Winner: Best Screenplay, Skyline Indie Film Festival
2018 Winner: Best Feature Screenplay, Top Indie Film Awards
2018 Winner: Best Feature Screenplay, Festigious International Film Festival - Los Angeles
2018 Winner: Best Sci-Fi Screenplay, Filmmatic Screenplay Awards
2018 Finalist: Best Screenplay, Action on Film Awards in Las Vegas
2018 Third Place: First Time Screenwriters Competition, Barcelona International Film Festival
2019 Bronze Medal: Best Feature Script, Global Independent Film Awards
2017 Gold Medalist: Best YA Action Book, Readers' Favorite International Book Awards
2016 Gold Medalist: Best Dystopia Book, Readers' Favorite International Book Awards
Amazon Kindle Scout Winning Author

Reviews

[Ida Hagen · Rating 1 out of 5]

Dnf! This book really felt like it was written by a Man. And the audiobook was also narrated by a man even though the book was about a fifteen year old girl. It felt iky. It weirdly felt like the author sexualised this litte girl, writing about her pirod, naked body and tits, how she isn't like others girls that only whants to gossip and her virginity...and so much more when not necessary. I'm all for including periods and how you feeling exposed is absolutely terefing. But I don't feel like author captures the feeling of being a girl at all. To be fair I did dnf quite early, I was like: this is weird, is it written by a man? Saw the name Jay, didn't know if it was or not, crept on reading. Sentence after sentence just kept piling up with wording that really felt iky. Hade to look upp the author and yes it was a old man. Funny how I so strongly felt that without knowing. The story it self could have been good, sounded interesting but I don't want to give more time of mine to this one.

[Ema · Rating 1 out of 5]

DNF at 49%

This book had great promise, and the heroine, Emily, is intelligent and skilled, but god is it annoying.

For one thing, every guy in the book, no matter how old, comments on Emily's attractiveness; they mention how she has a great body, and she's groped more than once by full-grown policemen. She's fifteen, by the way. Then there's the fact that the author (a man) has no idea how girls think — he spends way too much time having Emily think about boys and her own body (a whole paragraph about her period? Really?) and not enough about, you know, staying alive. Then there's the insta-love, and the cliché that swallows the book. I would not recommend this to anyone. Don't read it.

[James Crawford · Rating 5 out of 5]

The story involves UFO abduction, torture and time-jumping. Emily and her mother are taken by space aliens, experimented upon and only Emily is able to escape. Unfortunately for her she has developed the ability to leap a little forward in time but in a matter which she has no control over at all.

So you have a young girl that can jump through time but arrives totally naked. This means she has to find food, clothing and shelter all on her own, something which is really rough for her to do and avoid any trouble at the same time.

She is able to make friends but she also gets into a lot of trouble. The cops are looking for her, something else is looking for her, she's captured by the police, attacked by a true pervert and has no idea what is going to happen to her in the future.

It's a good story with interesting characters. It dies in to UFO abduction, time-travel and how self-reliant a person can be. It also shows her ability to somehow survive all the terrible things that have been happening but the question remains what else is she going to have to face in further books and will she be able to survive that?

[Ashley · Rating 3 out of 5]

I’m annoyed that I liked this book 😂 It ended on such a mid point that now I have to read the next one I think. I love that it took place in Phoenix which was fun to read about places I know. I wasn’t expecting the Alien component. Curious how this story will turn out. Almost gave 4 stars, but I’m taking one away for the author being such a cop hater. I mean seriously he has a huge prejudice.

[Scott Shjefte · Rating 3 out of 5]

Alien abduction, temporal displacement teleportation coming of age story romance. Young girl develops many special capabilities. Not many answers in this first book of the series. Purchased this item on September 10, 2016, from Amazon for free.

[Indigo · Rating 5 out of 5]

An interesting time travel story. I've never read anything quite like it. I can't wait to read more of this series!

[Kari · Rating 4 out of 5]

There was a lot of action in this book. And while I did see character development, there wasn't a lot of it. Not sure if I'll get to the second book.

[Nannika · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a really good concept. But the YA drivel killed me. I couldn't get past 57%