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Adam
It begins with a choice. To save someone or watch them die knowing that if I save them they will be changed, not just for a lifetime but forever. For thousands of years I have been alone, and for thousands of years I have tried to stay out of the limelight as I was held captive for over 700 years by those who took advantage of my ability to extend or repair life. With this choice may come chaos but perhaps it is time to share my life with someone. Perhaps it is time to stop hiding and find a new life.
Adam is a story of life, love, and loss. With a first memory in 2200BC Adam was a blank slate and when it was found that he could restore youth he spent 700 years as a captive of 13 women. Today, in modern times, he lives a modest life in Lexington, KY and finds a new purpose with Terri, a woman he met a bourbon tasting. He is faced with a choice to let her die and save his existence or save her and risk complications now, and forever.
Adam is a story of life, love, and loss. With a first memory in 2200BC Adam was a blank slate and when it was found that he could restore youth he spent 700 years as a captive of 13 women. Today, in modern times, he lives a modest life in Lexington, KY and finds a new purpose with Terri, a woman he met a bourbon tasting. He is faced with a choice to let her die and save his existence or save her and risk complications now, and forever.
232 pages, Paperback
Published October 17, 2021
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November 26, 2021
If you're looking for something completely innovative, exciting, and really smart, you'll enjoy this book.
This is a suspense story that could also be a police procedural, a mystery, and... or... an alternative creation myth. There are so many enticing passages in this book that honestly, I find it nearly impossible to choose a favorite.
Andrew is a master storyteller, and he has combined all his strengths in world building, encouraging empathy between the reader and the characters, as well as solid scene set up to bring us an evocative tale that could be as old as time... and yet, it is so contemporary that we wonder if it hasn't been hiding in plain sight, right around the corner. To all of this, he has added delightful snark and deep passion to the page, and it will not let you go.
If that isn't enough, there is a serious morality question he provokes, yet doesn't demand that the reader agree. Some will, some won't. This is a tremendous testament to Andrew's skill. A reader's agreement or disagreement with the choices the characters make doesn't negate the rush of the story he is sharing. The adventure is high stakes, physically and intellectually... but more interesting than all of these is the risks Andrew takes to invite readers down a hidden passage, the walls oozing with fear, love, greed, and the premonition of possibility.
This is a suspense story that could also be a police procedural, a mystery, and... or... an alternative creation myth. There are so many enticing passages in this book that honestly, I find it nearly impossible to choose a favorite.
Andrew is a master storyteller, and he has combined all his strengths in world building, encouraging empathy between the reader and the characters, as well as solid scene set up to bring us an evocative tale that could be as old as time... and yet, it is so contemporary that we wonder if it hasn't been hiding in plain sight, right around the corner. To all of this, he has added delightful snark and deep passion to the page, and it will not let you go.
If that isn't enough, there is a serious morality question he provokes, yet doesn't demand that the reader agree. Some will, some won't. This is a tremendous testament to Andrew's skill. A reader's agreement or disagreement with the choices the characters make doesn't negate the rush of the story he is sharing. The adventure is high stakes, physically and intellectually... but more interesting than all of these is the risks Andrew takes to invite readers down a hidden passage, the walls oozing with fear, love, greed, and the premonition of possibility.
August 20, 2023
The relationships in this story were well done. I enjoyed the back story given for Adam. There was an interesting twist at the end. This is listed as book 1 so I am interested to see where this may go.
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