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The Nowhere Stone
Lucas Haskin’s upbringing was anything but normal. Raised in a secluded valley with only his father for company, he was unable to experience the outside world. For 16 years, the jagged peaks of the Rocky Mountains were the only home he’d ever known. Lucas didn’t understand why they were hidden away, but he trusted that his father was keeping them safe. It was a happy, albeit lonely, life.
Until everything changed. Lucas was torn from his sheltered life and thrust into a dangerous world, far different from that which he expected. A mysterious artifact known as the Nowhere Stone seems to defy the laws of nature, and a powerful corporation called SentiCorp seeks to unlock its power.
Lucas has finally been introduced to humanity, and it’s every bit as terrifying as he thought it would be.
Until everything changed. Lucas was torn from his sheltered life and thrust into a dangerous world, far different from that which he expected. A mysterious artifact known as the Nowhere Stone seems to defy the laws of nature, and a powerful corporation called SentiCorp seeks to unlock its power.
Lucas has finally been introduced to humanity, and it’s every bit as terrifying as he thought it would be.
428 pages, Kindle Edition
Published August 22, 2018
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About the author
Steve Kaide
2 books71 followersSteve Kaide is an author and Culinary Arts teacher. He lives for the great outdoors and spends as much time as possible visiting America's national parks, camping, and hiking.
Steve's first book, Keeper of the Well, was published in 2017. His second book, The Nowhere Stone, was recently released.
Steve's first book, Keeper of the Well, was published in 2017. His second book, The Nowhere Stone, was recently released.
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September 6, 2020
This book is science fiction bordering on fantasy, with not much science involved. An ancient mysterious stone has created a dystopian situation for the earth. A teen and his father live in a remote region of the Rocky Mountains until civilization encroaches. The teen becomes the protagonist of the tale and ends up in a fight to save humanity. I cannot say much more about the plot without spoilers.
The narrative style is what I will call “too controlling” in trying to ensure the reader understands the book in a particular way. I would have preferred planting ideas and letting the reader draw conclusions or providing something to ponder beyond the obvious. It will appeal to those that enjoy contemporary stories with lots of violence, sex, non-stop action, and twists and turns. I am not a fan of those, but I can say overall that I found it entertaining. As a warning, the content includes executions and torture.
The narrative style is what I will call “too controlling” in trying to ensure the reader understands the book in a particular way. I would have preferred planting ideas and letting the reader draw conclusions or providing something to ponder beyond the obvious. It will appeal to those that enjoy contemporary stories with lots of violence, sex, non-stop action, and twists and turns. I am not a fan of those, but I can say overall that I found it entertaining. As a warning, the content includes executions and torture.
September 15, 2018
Wow, I enjoyed the heck out of this book. It's not at all what i expected it to be but that just made it all the better. This was a GoodReads giveaway book i received a few days ago and once starting, i just didn't want to put it down.
I felt like i was in a book that would inspire a future "Black Mirror" episode.
I struggle to write much without giving away the plot, so I'll leave it at this. It's a great book and even when i wasn't reading it, i was thinking about it. You can't ask for much more than that in a novel.
I felt like i was in a book that would inspire a future "Black Mirror" episode.
I struggle to write much without giving away the plot, so I'll leave it at this. It's a great book and even when i wasn't reading it, i was thinking about it. You can't ask for much more than that in a novel.
January 22, 2022
Great book, an exciting storyline that kept me on the edge of my seat! Some sci-fi aspects, but not too scifi-ey, no aliens or laser guns or anything like that.
November 17, 2018
If you love Sci Fi, then you will likely love this story. There is a well crafted adventure here as you are allowed into the thoughts and emotions of the main character. I felt humbled as a writer at the technical portions of how things work in this timeline. It is an amazing tribute to the imagination of the author, Steve Kaide to build a world that seems so authentic, he had me believing all of it. There was no question in my mind that it could not be possible. It entertained and kept me reading as the dangers unfolded and there was a level of tension at every turn that was captivating.
I enjoyed this novel a lot. I bet you will too if you read it.
I enjoyed this novel a lot. I bet you will too if you read it.
October 10, 2018
I won this Kindle edition on a GoodReads giveaway - thank you to everyone involved!! This
is an interesting book - I highly recommend - it's a lesson on our viewpoint of life and how we
view things due to the way we were brought up!!
is an interesting book - I highly recommend - it's a lesson on our viewpoint of life and how we
view things due to the way we were brought up!!
February 1, 2019
January 31, 2019
A Review by Anthony T. Riggio of the book The Nowhere Stone by Steve Kaide
I purchased this book on November 5, 2018 from Amazon Kindle. This book was not my normal subject of interest but the description seemed intriguing and I downloaded it into my library but did not open it to read until January 27, 2019 while I was searching for something different and quick to read.
Reading the fist chapter drew me into the story of a young boy being raised alone by his “Father” some where in the Rocky Mountains area in current time. They are alone and living off the land and the boy is being educated at home by the father via recorded DVD, publications and books the father collected on numerous subjects. The ten year old boy is educated in all academic and survival skills.
The drama is interesting but not compelling until the third chapter which takes place in the Amazon in 1923 and involves a very successful English business man who has invested a very large part of his net worth to organize an organized exploration for a lost city. After being abandoned by his companions and his cargo carriers, he proceeds on his own and finally discovers the lost city.
While exploring the different structures in the city which is abandoned, he finds a pyramid and discovers a large black stone floating in the air nor suspended by any physical mechanism. When he touches the stone he is drawn into another dimension where he learns of the people who occupied the city prior to the demise of all its inhabitants. The Stone realizes hat he is not the anticipated person who was to enter into the stones dimension, he is unceremoniously ejected back into the current lost city.
He is able to get back to civilization and continues to accumulate wealth and returns to the Amazon on a very secret mission to secure the stone and transport it back to the United States where his current enterprises are now located. Through several experiment he is able to unlock some of the secrets of the Stone but in the process, he has unleashed a virus which kills 99% of the world population but his various enterprise locations world wide are spared the ravages of the virus.
Meanwhile the father and son in Colorado, it is revealed, are fugitives from the wealthy enterprise. It appears that the young boy is somehow genetically connected to the lost occupants of the city in the Amazon and a team of security people from the SentiCorp enterprise locate them, kill the father and bring the boy back to one of the enterprise locations were much is told to the boy and how he is connected to the people in the Stone's dimensional setting.
After some time all is not the ideal situation hoped for and the head of SentiCorp, named Gerald, who is really the original explorer who discovered the stone. Part of his after effect of having entered into the Stone's dimension is the gift of never aging. It is learned that his motives for the stone is to solve the issue of repopulating the world according to his design, is an anathema to the boys value system.
It is a very interesting drama that squares off the forces of good and evil in this apocalyptic Sci-Fi. Not being my usual genre for reading, I have to say however, the book captured my attention and interest. I would recommend its reading in spite of the SciFi genre. I gave this book a high four stars out of five. It is well written and the authors imagination promises future works in perhaps other genres.
A Review by Anthony T. Riggio of the book The Nowhere Stone by Steve Kaide
I purchased this book on November 5, 2018 from Amazon Kindle. This book was not my normal subject of interest but the description seemed intriguing and I downloaded it into my library but did not open it to read until January 27, 2019 while I was searching for something different and quick to read.
Reading the fist chapter drew me into the story of a young boy being raised alone by his “Father” some where in the Rocky Mountains area in current time. They are alone and living off the land and the boy is being educated at home by the father via recorded DVD, publications and books the father collected on numerous subjects. The ten year old boy is educated in all academic and survival skills.
The drama is interesting but not compelling until the third chapter which takes place in the Amazon in 1923 and involves a very successful English business man who has invested a very large part of his net worth to organize an organized exploration for a lost city. After being abandoned by his companions and his cargo carriers, he proceeds on his own and finally discovers the lost city.
While exploring the different structures in the city which is abandoned, he finds a pyramid and discovers a large black stone floating in the air nor suspended by any physical mechanism. When he touches the stone he is drawn into another dimension where he learns of the people who occupied the city prior to the demise of all its inhabitants. The Stone realizes hat he is not the anticipated person who was to enter into the stones dimension, he is unceremoniously ejected back into the current lost city.
He is able to get back to civilization and continues to accumulate wealth and returns to the Amazon on a very secret mission to secure the stone and transport it back to the United States where his current enterprises are now located. Through several experiment he is able to unlock some of the secrets of the Stone but in the process, he has unleashed a virus which kills 99% of the world population but his various enterprise locations world wide are spared the ravages of the virus.
Meanwhile the father and son in Colorado, it is revealed, are fugitives from the wealthy enterprise. It appears that the young boy is somehow genetically connected to the lost occupants of the city in the Amazon and a team of security people from the SentiCorp enterprise locate them, kill the father and bring the boy back to one of the enterprise locations were much is told to the boy and how he is connected to the people in the Stone's dimensional setting.
After some time all is not the ideal situation hoped for and the head of SentiCorp, named Gerald, who is really the original explorer who discovered the stone. Part of his after effect of having entered into the Stone's dimension is the gift of never aging. It is learned that his motives for the stone is to solve the issue of repopulating the world according to his design, is an anathema to the boys value system.
It is a very interesting drama that squares off the forces of good and evil in this apocalyptic Sci-Fi. Not being my usual genre for reading, I have to say however, the book captured my attention and interest. I would recommend its reading in spite of the SciFi genre. I gave this book a high four stars out of five. It is well written and the authors imagination promises future works in perhaps other genres.
September 24, 2018
Very unique story. Well worth the read. I recieved this book in a Goodreads giveaway.
This is a very unique premise and the story is well thought out and written. It takes quite a bit of the book to build the ground work. But, then flows well. The ending is a little abrupt. However, it does tie up the loose ends.
This is a very unique premise and the story is well thought out and written. It takes quite a bit of the book to build the ground work. But, then flows well. The ending is a little abrupt. However, it does tie up the loose ends.
January 3, 2019
Dystopia at its best
A fast moving story of good versus evil. A young man is the hero and although things don't end as he envisioned, he gets to live the life he prefers. I hope there is a sequel.
A fast moving story of good versus evil. A young man is the hero and although things don't end as he envisioned, he gets to live the life he prefers. I hope there is a sequel.
February 7, 2022
Good read
Enjoyable story with well created characters. All the best stories are good versus evil. More so when good wins the day.
Enjoyable story with well created characters. All the best stories are good versus evil. More so when good wins the day.
December 5, 2018
I really liked this book, the characters, settings, pacing all worked for me. It really was hard to put down.
February 1, 2022
Good character development, Plit development good. I had trouble suspending belief in the extra dimensional elements and powers.
November 28, 2018
This was a great book and I enjoyed the authors writing style.
January 21, 2022
Brilliant!
This really was a brilliantly written book. Right from the beginning I was hooked. Such a different senecio and then it shockingly moved to another which was just as intriguing.
I would definitely recommend this book to anyone who likes fantasy, apocalypse and surprises.
This really was a brilliantly written book. Right from the beginning I was hooked. Such a different senecio and then it shockingly moved to another which was just as intriguing.
I would definitely recommend this book to anyone who likes fantasy, apocalypse and surprises.
November 6, 2022
End of the world dystopia, child abduction, coupled with the workings of a corporation are a mix I couldn't put down.
January 6, 2019
Riveting!
A thought provoking story of humanity which keeps you at suspense until the end. A beautiful blend of scientific possibilities and the struggle of good and evil with ourselves.
A thought provoking story of humanity which keeps you at suspense until the end. A beautiful blend of scientific possibilities and the struggle of good and evil with ourselves.
February 11, 2019
Profanity!!!
Well, I made it to page 52 before the profanity started. Mr. Kaide joins the ranks of authors I won't be reading. Language denotes intelligence.
Well, I made it to page 52 before the profanity started. Mr. Kaide joins the ranks of authors I won't be reading. Language denotes intelligence.
March 12, 2019
Amazing......
Very creative! Loved this story! Very well written! This is the first thing I've read by Steve Kaide and I will be searching for more of his books!
Very creative! Loved this story! Very well written! This is the first thing I've read by Steve Kaide and I will be searching for more of his books!
May 29, 2019
A complicated tale, revealed a moment at a time. In fairness, the author gives obvious clues and foreshadowing of the future storyline. The novel introduces a dystopian future shrouded in mystery and uncertainty.
The trials and tribulations of Lucas Haskin form the central plot. It is fascinating to see him adjust to new situations, knowledge, experiences and relationships, as it gives insight and reflection to the foibles we all go through.
Unfortunately, as with all dystopian literature, the ending bends a little too far in an attempt to produce plot twists and tie up all loose ends.
The trials and tribulations of Lucas Haskin form the central plot. It is fascinating to see him adjust to new situations, knowledge, experiences and relationships, as it gives insight and reflection to the foibles we all go through.
Unfortunately, as with all dystopian literature, the ending bends a little too far in an attempt to produce plot twists and tie up all loose ends.
September 13, 2018
Goodreads Kindle Win
It is about a man who was raised alone by his father in a secluded valley. He was kept away from a normal life until he makes a discovery that the man might not be his real father.
This is his journey into the real world as how he sees things through his life. It questions how we perceive things due to our upbringing. An interesting read.
It is about a man who was raised alone by his father in a secluded valley. He was kept away from a normal life until he makes a discovery that the man might not be his real father.
This is his journey into the real world as how he sees things through his life. It questions how we perceive things due to our upbringing. An interesting read.
May 13, 2019
Good story
The plot is good, but occasionally dragged. Not slow enough to make 4 stars. That is for wrong words like you're instead of your. Altogether engaging.
The plot is good, but occasionally dragged. Not slow enough to make 4 stars. That is for wrong words like you're instead of your. Altogether engaging.
June 17, 2019
one of the many things I love about scoff is that the author can just let loose with mind-blowing c0ncepts. this book also offers good human insights and character development
May 9, 2019
Nowhere to Somewhere
Kaiden spins an interesting science fiction work that provides a unique take on an apocalyptic world. Some chapters provide interesting twists though many are predictable. His occasional use of profanity seems to weaken his overall writing. The story is intriguing. It would have been fun to develop another chapter on life before SentiCorp.
Kaiden spins an interesting science fiction work that provides a unique take on an apocalyptic world. Some chapters provide interesting twists though many are predictable. His occasional use of profanity seems to weaken his overall writing. The story is intriguing. It would have been fun to develop another chapter on life before SentiCorp.
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