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Rhuna #5
The Snow Dreamer
Rhuna is a woman living in the mystical past of highly advanced civilizations like Atlantis, when pyramids and other megalithic structures were made with technology now lost and forgotten. Part of this ancient legend tells of people with special abilities who can transform elements, such as sand to stone and lead to gold, with the concentrated power of the mind. They could also summon mental visions of faraway places and events, and call upon cosmic, solar, lunar and earth energies.Rhuna has been gifted with more of these superhuman abilities than most, and as her powers grow, she faces ever greater challenges, both on a personal level and in far-reaching issues that affect everyone around her. Her nemesis, known as the Dark Master, is a man with similar exceptional powers who has chosen to use them for sinister purposes.In this fifth adventure around the ancient world, Rhuna travels to the Land at the Top of the World in the desperate hope that the Masters of Ancient Wisdom can undo what the Dark Master has done to her husband and daughter. She is devastated when they refuse to help, and even claim her youngest child as one of their own due to her ability to foresee the future.Rhuna's last hope is to reach The Ascended Ones who live on a higher spiritual plane, but a tulpa - a being made from one's concentrated visual imagination - is following her in an attempt to kill her. Did the Dark Master survive Rhuna's attempt to destroy him and his evil Conjurers, and is now seeking his revenge by controlling the murderous tulpa?When the shocking truth is finally revealed, Rhuna faces unexpected revelations about the secret and mystical Valley of the Immortals, and she must help the Masters of Ancient Wisdom solve the uncanny mystery of the changing texts in their Depository of Archival Texts.
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Published October 17, 2018
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About the author
Barbara Underwood
16 books194 followersAs an only child of older migrant parents, I was exposed to a different culture and outlook as I was growing up in the suburbs of Sydney. At the age of 10 I became interested in history and travel, and in sixth grade my teacher commented on my flair for writing.
After a lot of travel and reading about history - I started with Thor Heyerdahl's adventures which led me to other books about unexplained mysteries such as pyramids and other megaliths around the world - I came to a point where I wanted to put it all together in an epic fantasy novel.
Once I finished writing "Rhuna, Keeper of Wisdom", I felt there was so much more to tell, so I wrote a sequel...and then another!
I am now working on book 5 in this series about Rhuna which I've titled "A Quest for Ancient Wisdom", and I'm planning several mini novellas and short stories for subscribers to my newsletter emails!
After a lot of travel and reading about history - I started with Thor Heyerdahl's adventures which led me to other books about unexplained mysteries such as pyramids and other megaliths around the world - I came to a point where I wanted to put it all together in an epic fantasy novel.
Once I finished writing "Rhuna, Keeper of Wisdom", I felt there was so much more to tell, so I wrote a sequel...and then another!
I am now working on book 5 in this series about Rhuna which I've titled "A Quest for Ancient Wisdom", and I'm planning several mini novellas and short stories for subscribers to my newsletter emails!
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October 17, 2018
First book that I have read by this author. I enjoyed reading this book. It was excellently written. Can't wait to read another book by this author
October 17, 2018
best one so far, actually cried a couple of times.
October 19, 2018
Rhuna The Snow Dreamer is a beautifully written story and another excellent addition to the series. Rhuna has found new abilities changing snow into rock and being able to make it snow. The tale is fast paced and one you do not want to put down. A truly enjoyable read. Recommended. Received a copy and this is my voluntary and honest review
October 17, 2018
Good story that allows us to see more of Rhuna's adventures. The world building is beautiful and complex and the characters are great.
October 13, 2018
Wow. What another exciting story in this series. Ruana lives in a mystical place like Atlantis and while you’re reading it, makes you feel as if you’re a part of it.
March 31, 2019
Trouble with Tibetan Masters.
This story in the Rhuna saga picks up right where Book 4 left off. In the Land at the Top of the World, Rhuna and her extended family encounter a group of judgmental masters who declare they will be keeping her young daughter Shandi in order to train her to use her latent abilities. To further complicate matters, Rhuna is attacked by a tulpa, an artificial being controlled by an adept, while she journeys to seek the help of the Ascended Masters in the mythical land of Shambala.
In this book, we see traces of the Dark Master's work cropping up again, but the antagonist ends up being someone unexpected. Rhuna's talents continue to expand and I was quite pleased to see her daughter Lozira develop some long-needed inner strength. By the end of the story, Rhuna has overcome the difficulties challenging her family and is ready to move on to yet another leg of their journey.
This wonderful series is perfect for anyone who is intrigued by psychic abilities. It is a fascinating speculation about talents humans are thought to have developed in ancient cultures.
This story in the Rhuna saga picks up right where Book 4 left off. In the Land at the Top of the World, Rhuna and her extended family encounter a group of judgmental masters who declare they will be keeping her young daughter Shandi in order to train her to use her latent abilities. To further complicate matters, Rhuna is attacked by a tulpa, an artificial being controlled by an adept, while she journeys to seek the help of the Ascended Masters in the mythical land of Shambala.
In this book, we see traces of the Dark Master's work cropping up again, but the antagonist ends up being someone unexpected. Rhuna's talents continue to expand and I was quite pleased to see her daughter Lozira develop some long-needed inner strength. By the end of the story, Rhuna has overcome the difficulties challenging her family and is ready to move on to yet another leg of their journey.
This wonderful series is perfect for anyone who is intrigued by psychic abilities. It is a fascinating speculation about talents humans are thought to have developed in ancient cultures.
October 16, 2018
Rhuna believes she has killed the Dark Master who had cursed her husband to hate her and her oldest daughter to be an addict. She travels to the Masters of the Ancient Wisdom hoping they will help her but they refuse and instead keep her youngest daughter Shandi saying they need to teach her. Rhuna embarks on a journey that leads her to Shambhala hoping they will help her meanwhile discovering her new power including changing snow into rock and to make it snow this being called the Snow Queen. A fast moving book having numerous adventures and places. The book contains an excellent recap of what has happened previously for those who have not read her previous books. Recommended.
October 17, 2018
Is the Dark One gone?
Another excellent installment to Rhuna's adventures. Rhuna gets to spend some time with her family and gets to know her new friends a bit better. We also get to learn a bit about the cultures and magic of this land. This was a great read, and I can't wait for the next book.
Another excellent installment to Rhuna's adventures. Rhuna gets to spend some time with her family and gets to know her new friends a bit better. We also get to learn a bit about the cultures and magic of this land. This was a great read, and I can't wait for the next book.
October 18, 2018
Rhuna has quite a journey and it challenges her physically and mentally. It is packed with action and adventure and intrigue as she tries to save those she loves and prove the truth to those who doubt her.
I enjoyed the story and liked that there were lots of twists that kept the story interesting. I do wish some of the other characters got to narrate as I don't feel quite as close to them as to Rhuna.
I am voluntarily reviewing a copy I received.
I enjoyed the story and liked that there were lots of twists that kept the story interesting. I do wish some of the other characters got to narrate as I don't feel quite as close to them as to Rhuna.
I am voluntarily reviewing a copy I received.
October 18, 2018
Overall rating: 4.6
Beautifully written, this storyline grabs ahold of you from page one and allows you to fully immerse into this tale. A wonderful preface is included to give you a quick synopsis of events leading up to this book. Mystery and danger runs rampant through the pages and the conclusion leaves you anxious to get your hands on the next. Rhuna’s youngest Shandi is a very unique character and I hope she plays an even bigger role in books to come. Definitely a good series for the YA reader! All my reviews are always voluntarily written.
Beautifully written, this storyline grabs ahold of you from page one and allows you to fully immerse into this tale. A wonderful preface is included to give you a quick synopsis of events leading up to this book. Mystery and danger runs rampant through the pages and the conclusion leaves you anxious to get your hands on the next. Rhuna’s youngest Shandi is a very unique character and I hope she plays an even bigger role in books to come. Definitely a good series for the YA reader! All my reviews are always voluntarily written.
January 6, 2019
Rhuna series is fantastic!
Honestly, it was a little slow to get into at first, but then, I couldn't get enough of Rhuna's story! Very interesting to see the parallel to our ancient times and pyramids . The power of the mind has always fascinated me. Please consider reading this series! Very interested in reading the next book due out in 2019/2020, Rhuna:Black City.
Honestly, it was a little slow to get into at first, but then, I couldn't get enough of Rhuna's story! Very interesting to see the parallel to our ancient times and pyramids . The power of the mind has always fascinated me. Please consider reading this series! Very interested in reading the next book due out in 2019/2020, Rhuna:Black City.
October 23, 2018
PLOT: Rhuna, now with a grown and married daughter and a babe of about 4 by her current husband, Aradin, escapes the destruction of Varappa that she and her son-in-law Gorman have caused to kill the Dark Master and the Conjurers over which he has taken control. A small contingent of people associated with Rhuna and her extended family have escaped in a flying vessel called a Rapid Transit Enclosure, to the Land at the Top of the World, where they hope to find help from the Masters of Ancient Wisdom. However, the evil they had hoped to destroy, lives on— initially unbeknownst to them. When the servant becomes the master over them, and evil follows and endeavors to destroy them, they find the worst is yet to come as Rhuna and her own family become the target of attack.
During the attack on her family, Rhuna accidentally finds the mythological place Shambala. Although the people there are happy, and help Rhuna heal from the effects of the stresses she has undergone, they do not tell or teach her what must be done to rid the world of the evil being, the Dark Master, nor how to stop the devastation he is causing. After a series of events, Rhuna and the group return to the Land at the Top of the World for further enlightment. Surprising times and events greet them on their return, as the tension mounts and human suffering increases.
CRITIQUE: In this story segment we see human frailties in almost every character. Rhuna and her son-in-law inflicted death and destruction on a city, without any serious concern about any innocents incidentally being killed or injured. She has committed other selfish acts in the past and is made to face the consequences before the Masters and her family, all of whom have displayed their own character flaws. Even the Masters of Ancient Wisdom are seen to have flaws-primarily, lack of humility with dire consequences for many people. Just as Rhuna has had to do some deep introspection due to her failings, so must the Masters. All must be humble and work on their deficiencies, while forgiving others for similar imperfections. They must do this while working together to determine how best to stop the spreading evil influence of the Dark Master.
By this point, I am ready for the dénoument to be in the next volume. We have watched as Rhuna has gained extraordinary powers, in the face of some serious personal weaknesses. The world has suffered terribly from the attacks of the wicked one....I mean the Dark Master, although he is a good characature of the devil. It is time for his end to come, and for the enlightment and healing we caught a glimpse of in Shambala, to be extended to all earth’s inhabitants. The one ‘light-at-the-end-of-the’ story, is Shandi, Rhuna’s youngest daughter, already with extensive powers of understanding of what is going on in a ‘spiritual’ realm-it is she who represents hope for the future.
During the attack on her family, Rhuna accidentally finds the mythological place Shambala. Although the people there are happy, and help Rhuna heal from the effects of the stresses she has undergone, they do not tell or teach her what must be done to rid the world of the evil being, the Dark Master, nor how to stop the devastation he is causing. After a series of events, Rhuna and the group return to the Land at the Top of the World for further enlightment. Surprising times and events greet them on their return, as the tension mounts and human suffering increases.
CRITIQUE: In this story segment we see human frailties in almost every character. Rhuna and her son-in-law inflicted death and destruction on a city, without any serious concern about any innocents incidentally being killed or injured. She has committed other selfish acts in the past and is made to face the consequences before the Masters and her family, all of whom have displayed their own character flaws. Even the Masters of Ancient Wisdom are seen to have flaws-primarily, lack of humility with dire consequences for many people. Just as Rhuna has had to do some deep introspection due to her failings, so must the Masters. All must be humble and work on their deficiencies, while forgiving others for similar imperfections. They must do this while working together to determine how best to stop the spreading evil influence of the Dark Master.
By this point, I am ready for the dénoument to be in the next volume. We have watched as Rhuna has gained extraordinary powers, in the face of some serious personal weaknesses. The world has suffered terribly from the attacks of the wicked one....I mean the Dark Master, although he is a good characature of the devil. It is time for his end to come, and for the enlightment and healing we caught a glimpse of in Shambala, to be extended to all earth’s inhabitants. The one ‘light-at-the-end-of-the’ story, is Shandi, Rhuna’s youngest daughter, already with extensive powers of understanding of what is going on in a ‘spiritual’ realm-it is she who represents hope for the future.
October 25, 2018
I received an ARC of this book and offer my opinion freely.
In surroundings like Tibet, with steep mountains, snow and ascended ones Rhuna finds out the dark one isn't really gone forever. She fights him with her friends, looses her little daughter, embarks on a trip to rescue her, finds a mythological land... This story is -like the other parts of the series- action packed and full of nice twists and turns. Friend and family make all the difference in winning out against the cunning dark one and his helpers.
I would like Rhuna to be a bit more mature now that she is older. The character seems stuck in an age loop. But apart from that: great read!
In surroundings like Tibet, with steep mountains, snow and ascended ones Rhuna finds out the dark one isn't really gone forever. She fights him with her friends, looses her little daughter, embarks on a trip to rescue her, finds a mythological land... This story is -like the other parts of the series- action packed and full of nice twists and turns. Friend and family make all the difference in winning out against the cunning dark one and his helpers.
I would like Rhuna to be a bit more mature now that she is older. The character seems stuck in an age loop. But apart from that: great read!
October 18, 2018
I loved reading this story it is number five in the series. I love reading this story cause it allows me to see more of Rhuna's adventures. I can not wait to see what is writen next I love this story.
This is my honest and unbias opinion of the story.
This is my honest and unbias opinion of the story.
October 18, 2018
She is looking for help to save her family but they refuse to help her and tell her one of her children is there. Why? What will she do? Can she save her family? See what will happen
I received an advanced copy and I enjoyed it so much that I want to review
I received an advanced copy and I enjoyed it so much that I want to review
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