A message from her father transforms Rena’s perception of herself and finally reveals the truth about Esh and the fate of humanity. But the war between OCON and the Outliers could jeopardize everyone’s future. And those with the power to end it are trapped at the center of the conflict. Reaching them will put all of Rena’s instincts and skills to the test, and she’ll discover that knowing her identity isn’t the same as living it.
The third of four children and an introvert from the start, Jason Tesar grew up as an imaginative “middle child” who enjoyed the make-believe world as much as the real one, possibly more. From adolescence to adulthood, his imagination continued to feed itself on a diet of books, movies, and art, all the while growing and maturing—waiting for its opportunity. Then, during a procession of monotonous, physically laborious day-jobs, his imagination leaped into motion, bringing together characters and locations of a world that would someday come to life on the pages of a book.
In late 1998, Jason made his first attempt at writing, managing to complete a whole scene before returning once again to reality. A year and a half later, a spontaneous night-time conversation with his wife encouraged him to take his writing seriously and to keep on dreaming. Over the next seven years, Jason carved time out of the real world to live in an imaginary one of epic fantasy, science-fiction, and military/political conflict. The fruits of this labor would later become the first three books of the bestselling AWAKENED series.
Due to the incredible support from readers around the world, Jason continued his trajectory into make-believe, jumping from stable employment in the micro-electronics industry into the mysterious abyss of full-time writing.
Living in Colorado with his beautiful wife and two children, Jason now spends the majority of his time fusing the best parts of his favorite genres into stories of internal struggle and triumph, friendship, betrayal, political alliances, and military conflict.
If you’d like to follow along on Jason’s journey or get behind the scenes info on the AWAKENED or WANDERING STARS series, you can find him on Facebook (jasontesar.com), Twitter (@jasontesar), on his blog (www.jasontesar.com), or send him an email at jasontesar@yahoo.com.
Rena finally receives the answers that she was promised at the end of book four, and the only thing I can say is "WOW". I rarely read a book that completely boggles my mind with a twist that I didn't (couldn't) see coming., but Jason Tesar accomplished that and more.
This was a series that was fantastically written all the way through from the first page to the last. The world building easily immerses you into the author's world and keeps you there. The quality of the characters are lifelike and amazing, as is their growth process throughout the subsequent books. Jason Tesar continously propels the story forward with snappy writing and an ever evolving plot. This is definitely not a series to be missed by lover's of dystopians. My personal consensus still is that it should be available at the high school level of classrooms to be read and discussed.
Another gripping series from Jason plenty of action twists and turns could not put this book down. Read in one sitting would definitely recommend this series