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City Limits
Gee Evars stumbles into Rosebud Falls, exhausted and dehydrated, but snaps into action to save a drowning toddler. Injured, Gee is taken to the hospital, where he discovers he has lost his memory and his wallet. His identity uncertain, Gee sets about making Rosebud Falls his home. He becomes a local hero, falling for investigative reporter Karen Weisman, who continues to search for his identity as he seems always to be where he is needed just now.
While walking through the mystical forest—the town’s centerpiece and primary economic resource—he eats one of the poisonous nuts and falls into a hallucinatory trance. When he awakens, he discovers what it means to be both the City’s Champion and Defender of the Forest.
Blurb :
Gee Evars wandered into Rosebud Falls on Independence Day just in time to
rescue a toddler from the rushing torrent of the Rose River. And to lose his
memory. In an attempt to make Rosebud Falls his home, Gee becomes a local hero and inadvertently leads a revolt that changes the balance of power in the town. But will he ever know who he really is?
About Nathan Everett:
Author Nathan Everett adds to his opus of literary fiction with this unusual
tale that captures the heart of small-town America. Everett travels the world,
visiting towns and countryside to capture character and location for some thirty
books published under different pen names. Tomorrow, he may be writing near
you!
While walking through the mystical forest—the town’s centerpiece and primary economic resource—he eats one of the poisonous nuts and falls into a hallucinatory trance. When he awakens, he discovers what it means to be both the City’s Champion and Defender of the Forest.
Blurb :
Gee Evars wandered into Rosebud Falls on Independence Day just in time to
rescue a toddler from the rushing torrent of the Rose River. And to lose his
memory. In an attempt to make Rosebud Falls his home, Gee becomes a local hero and inadvertently leads a revolt that changes the balance of power in the town. But will he ever know who he really is?
About Nathan Everett:
Author Nathan Everett adds to his opus of literary fiction with this unusual
tale that captures the heart of small-town America. Everett travels the world,
visiting towns and countryside to capture character and location for some thirty
books published under different pen names. Tomorrow, he may be writing near
you!
326 pages, Paperback
Published June 23, 2018
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Nathan Everett
21 books11 followers"Billy Joel sang, “Closed the shop, sold the house, bought a ticket to the West Coast.” (“My Life” 1978, 52nd Street album)
Peripatetic author Nathan Everett joined the ranks of digital nomads in 2013, five years after publishing his first novel. He travels the country seeking out new stories and penning new tales. “I woke up one morning with an epiphany: I could do this from anywhere! So why was I doing it from a basement in Bellevue?” Nathan says.
Whether driving through mountains or across the Great Plains, there is a story just outside the window. His time on the road has taken him through forty-six states, three Canadian provinces, and sixteen other countries. As a pioneer in desktop publishing, Nathan became a trainer, including researching and teaching publication design and the history of printing. A refugee from a high tech/high stress career developing digital content, eBooks, and publishing technology, he now writes in a variety of genres focusing on mainstream fiction and thrillers. Both his writing and his designs have won multiple awards.
Nathan’s blog, First Exit, is followed by those who will read social commentary as long as there are pretty pictures of the places he travels.
Most of his career was focused on non-fiction publishing, beginning with his first company, The Wordsmythe in the late ’70s. In 2007 he was a founding principal in the boutique publishing house, Long Tale Press. After acquiring the assets of Long Tale, he founded Elder Road Books in 2009 and published some two dozen books for several authors in the ensuing years. Having reached the age of retirement, he has divested himself of most of the works of other authors but continues to publish his own work, edit manuscripts for other authors, and design both fiction and non-fiction books.
Peripatetic author Nathan Everett joined the ranks of digital nomads in 2013, five years after publishing his first novel. He travels the country seeking out new stories and penning new tales. “I woke up one morning with an epiphany: I could do this from anywhere! So why was I doing it from a basement in Bellevue?” Nathan says.
Whether driving through mountains or across the Great Plains, there is a story just outside the window. His time on the road has taken him through forty-six states, three Canadian provinces, and sixteen other countries. As a pioneer in desktop publishing, Nathan became a trainer, including researching and teaching publication design and the history of printing. A refugee from a high tech/high stress career developing digital content, eBooks, and publishing technology, he now writes in a variety of genres focusing on mainstream fiction and thrillers. Both his writing and his designs have won multiple awards.
Nathan’s blog, First Exit, is followed by those who will read social commentary as long as there are pretty pictures of the places he travels.
Most of his career was focused on non-fiction publishing, beginning with his first company, The Wordsmythe in the late ’70s. In 2007 he was a founding principal in the boutique publishing house, Long Tale Press. After acquiring the assets of Long Tale, he founded Elder Road Books in 2009 and published some two dozen books for several authors in the ensuing years. Having reached the age of retirement, he has divested himself of most of the works of other authors but continues to publish his own work, edit manuscripts for other authors, and design both fiction and non-fiction books.
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June 26, 2018
I finished this book earlier but couldn't get on until now. So for my thoughts....
This book was definitely different.... unusual, and strange (in a way). Gee (aka George Edwards Evers) walks into the little town of Rosebud and ends up saving a toddler from drowning shortly after his arrival, in the process hitting his head and destroying long term memory. He can't remember where he is from, who any of his family are, what his occupation may be. No memories of childhood or any of his life prior to coming within the city limits of Rosebud. In Rosebud, though, he does always seem to be in the right place at the right time to save someone, earning him the name of hero and title of "City Champion". He falls in love with the resident investigative reporter, Karen, who has a knack for uncovering scandals, cover-ups and corruption. The ending left me hanging with several loose ends, but I do understand that this is the first of a series. I liked much of the story. What I thought was weird was the town of Rosebud's industry was mostly in someway connected with the ancient hickory forest that the town owns. They can't eat the nuts (they are poisonous), but make all sorts of stuff out of every bit of the trees. The town almost worships these trees. 7 families pretty much control the town. When the head of one family dies, if there is a challenge to who will be the next head (say between two brothers or cousins) then each one wishing be the head must eat one of these nuts....whoever of the two lives gets to be the head of the family. The families say the "forest" has "chosen". Some feel that the trees "talk" to them, and many members of the various families over the two hundred years they have controlled the town have wanted to go out into the outside world but felt such a powerful connection to these trees as to feel it impossible to leave.
Also, (I really didn't think this weird, but I didn't care for it).... the local Christian pastor is portrayed as an overbearing fanatic, a religious zealot who is also a pedophile, in charge of a kidnapping and child trafficking ring, and makes illegal drugs that he uses with the consent of many of the church to drug not only the kidnapped kids, but the members' kids as well to brain wash them and make them "more obedient". While I know all professions have good and bad people in them, and people running around with the title of "Man" or "Woman" of God have used that label to do much evil through history I still think the silent majority is good. I am getting quite sick of seeing Christian pastors in literature (and movies) portrayed as scheming crooks, strange quacks, and heinous criminals or just plain idiots. I wouldn't mind so much if in the same piece, and opposing good one was presented. With all the focus so much all the time on this twisted view, I think it gives a negative perception of Christianity and Christians in general as greedy, intolerant, violent and mentally ill, which I do take offense at. This caused me to view this book in a more negative light, and the strangeness with the forest would have been better explained I might have liked it better. Also, I never got closure as to who Gee actually was or where he came from, etc. which left me hanging, and the issue of the child trafficking the church was involved in was never resolved. So, because of these drawbacks I give it just 3 stars. It isn't lower because, like I said, there was parts I did like.... the suspense, the character of Gee, some of the mysteries that were resolved. I am thinking perhaps my opinion would improve upon reading more of the series. I received this book in exchange for a free review from the author-- thank you.
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August 24, 2019
This novel was given to me by Nathan “the author” himself when I met him last year. I immediately started reading it. The story began by Gee saving a random kid and loosing his memory in the process and ends up becoming a city champion. I liked the ending especially when it leaves you with loose ends that’s why I’m very eager to read the next book.
June 29, 2018
There are lots of talented authors and sadly never enough time to read all of their amazing books. So, I am grateful to Sassy Brit of Alternative Read who invited me to participate in this blog blitz. If it wasn’t for her, I would not have discovered Nathan Everett and I am definitely going to check out his other books.
Whilst I loved the novel, I have to be honest - if I saw City Limits for sale in a bookshop, I would not have been immediately drawn to it. However, it is true “we should never judge a book by its cover”. City Limits exceeded my expectations and I couldn’t put it down as I was captivated by Gee, Karen, the forest, and the Family!
Nathan is a skilled storyteller and I loved how he added a hint of folklore (Grandfather Tree) and demonstrated the town’s and The Family’s strong connection to the forest. At times, Rosebud Falls reminded me of the fictional town Stars Hollows from the TV series the Gilmore Girls. It sounds like a really quaint and scenic place which the Families have worked hard to protect.
Nathan’s characters were interesting and I felt like Karen especially would make a great friend. Gee was fantastic and the situations that he found himself in, demonstrates how people can wrongly jump to conclusions and accuse an innocent person. Gee was definitely a champion and was heroic. Although he could not remember who he was, his intentions were always honourable thus indicating that he was a good person. The seven Families were fascinating and I imagine that they all have dark, deep, secrets which Nathan will explore further in his sequel. I felt like I needed a family tree to keep up with all the different relatives and how they were connected.
Nathan tackled some big issues in the novel including corruption. He definitely did not shy away from any controversy and I appreciated this rather than the story being sugar-coated. I don’t want to include any spoilers, however, throughout the novel I continued to attempt to solve the mystery of who Gee was. I felt that Nathan provided some subtle clues throughout and I will be interested to see if my predictions are confirmed in his sequel, Wild Wood, which will be out in 2019.
I highly recommend City Limits by Nathan Everett, it is a fascinating story, well-plotted, and includes a wide range of interesting characters.
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City Limits is available to buy at books2read.com/citylimits
Whilst I loved the novel, I have to be honest - if I saw City Limits for sale in a bookshop, I would not have been immediately drawn to it. However, it is true “we should never judge a book by its cover”. City Limits exceeded my expectations and I couldn’t put it down as I was captivated by Gee, Karen, the forest, and the Family!
Nathan is a skilled storyteller and I loved how he added a hint of folklore (Grandfather Tree) and demonstrated the town’s and The Family’s strong connection to the forest. At times, Rosebud Falls reminded me of the fictional town Stars Hollows from the TV series the Gilmore Girls. It sounds like a really quaint and scenic place which the Families have worked hard to protect.
Nathan’s characters were interesting and I felt like Karen especially would make a great friend. Gee was fantastic and the situations that he found himself in, demonstrates how people can wrongly jump to conclusions and accuse an innocent person. Gee was definitely a champion and was heroic. Although he could not remember who he was, his intentions were always honourable thus indicating that he was a good person. The seven Families were fascinating and I imagine that they all have dark, deep, secrets which Nathan will explore further in his sequel. I felt like I needed a family tree to keep up with all the different relatives and how they were connected.
Nathan tackled some big issues in the novel including corruption. He definitely did not shy away from any controversy and I appreciated this rather than the story being sugar-coated. I don’t want to include any spoilers, however, throughout the novel I continued to attempt to solve the mystery of who Gee was. I felt that Nathan provided some subtle clues throughout and I will be interested to see if my predictions are confirmed in his sequel, Wild Wood, which will be out in 2019.
I highly recommend City Limits by Nathan Everett, it is a fascinating story, well-plotted, and includes a wide range of interesting characters.
This review is featured on our blog: globeflower.co.uk/blog
City Limits is available to buy at books2read.com/citylimits
January 24, 2019
This charming story takes us to the town of Rosebud Falls and introduces GEE a man who walks into the town and becomes an immediate hero. But only remembers his name and date of birth and nothing else about himself. The town adopts him and despite misfortunate happenings he becomes the town champion and part of the harvest festival.
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