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"CHAN HAS CREATED A FABULOUS NEW WORLD FOR SCI-FI LOVERS TO EXPLORE... BETWEEN TWO WORLDS BY D.A. CHAN IS A GRIPPING AND DESCRIPTIVE TALE." - FOREWORD REVIEWS
DEATHLESSNESS HAS CONSEQUENCES. In Chris' case, it is his allegiance to the Dawnbringers - one of the ruling houses of the ancient city of Demos Geras, whose daughter he has grown to love. But there is a traitor from the capital, one whose plans involve the murder of the ruling houses to plunge all of kindredkind into war.
Born to kindred nobility, Elline's life is one of duty and responsibility; and her betrothal to the Magister of Demos Geras might prove to be the saving grace in the coming chaos. But when she become responsible for Chris' death and life thereafter, she cannot deny her growing affections for him as well.
With imminent danger ahead, Chris must choose to either pursue his love for Elline or preserve the peace between man and kindred, while Elline must decide to fulfill her vow to the Council before her feelings for Chris cause her to forsake her birthright.
"Chan expertly brings to life the strange world of the kindred people... with weavers that can either manipulate emotions or space and time and blade dancers that use the wind to sense the smallest detail of their surroundings, battle scenes are rife with detail and excitement." - FOREWORD REVIEWS
"A fantasy that incorporates elements of romance and straightforward action with consistently punchy prose... Chronicles is a good bet for hardcore fantasy fans and offers interesting moments for aficionados of other genres as well." - BLUEINK REVIEW
"The concept of Between Two Worlds is rather innovative as a combination of the fantasy and romance genres with a hint of political drama." - PORTLAND BOOK REVIEW
"The constant time jumps through the first half of the book kept me on my toes... I look forward to reading from Mr. Chan in the future." - SAN FRANCISCO BOOK REVIEW
- Sales Rank: #6749598 in Books
- Published on: 2015-06-12
- Released on: 2015-06-12
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 9.00" h x .96" w x 6.00" l, 1.23 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 382 pages
About the Author
David Anthony Chan is a wordsmith at heart and is haunted by whispers, ghost voices that yearn for the birthing of worlds. He sometimes distracts himself by reading fiction, watching movies and animation. . . but the voices do not stay entertained for long; they rise and claw at the ceiling of his mind, waking him from his self-deception that he can deny the ghost voices their due. It is in those times that David sets aside his work as a freelance developmental editor and unleashes himself to the task of writing.
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A spectacular debut
By Caryn E. Shaffer
After Chris, an ordinary human, meets Elline, a beautiful Kindred woman in one of his classes, his life was never the same again.
The easiest way to explain the Kindred is that they're kind of like the X-Men. They look like ordinary humans, but they have different powers. There are weavers, menders and blade masters, and they can travel into a separate dimension in which a normal human being would die. They're extraterrestrial beings, but it's immediately unclear how they came to earth and got to know humans.
When dark creatures attack Elline and her father one evening, Chris finds himself in the middle of an otherworldly conflict. Elline steps in and Chris suddenly has the powers of the Kindred, but he's still human. His powers allow him to heal rapidly when he's in pain.
The author uses dreams and flashbacks to uncover Chris's past, and the constant time jumps through the first half of the book kept me on my toes. An evil Kindred named Cerulean captures Chris and tortures him with a mind leech to figure out how he got his healing powers. The story jumps from one point in Chris's life to three years later and back again through a series of vignettes from Chris's time under Cerulean's evil powers and a few random dreams.
It’s eventually discovered that the bad guys want to enslave the human race and lord over them with their superior, eclectic bunch of powers, and they believe Chris is the key to gaining more power. The book turns into a bit of a high school drama about halfway through. Chris finds out Elline is betrothed to Empyrean, an important official in the Kindred world, and she says she loves him, but she loves Chris, too. Conflict between Alicia and Raham makes an appearance about halfway through, but the characters were so newly introduced at that point, that I had a hard time caring about their relationship trouble.
Fantasy is tricky to read and write. Not only does the author need to have a great, fantastical, creative world to keep me captivated, but the characters need to be deep and interesting. The author needs to make his imagined world clear enough to understand quickly, and appealing enough to suck the readers in. While I was reading, I felt like the author focused so much energy on the timeline, the action, the mythical creatures and the world building that the characters suffered and seemed a little flat.
I could have used more honesty and straightforwardness from Chan’s characters, especially from Elline, who has potential as a major character, but who lacked a strong voice in this installment of the series. I’m hoping in future installments he uncovers more of his characters’ personalities and motivations. It seemed the main group of younger characters, which included Chris, Elline, Empyrean, Alicia and Raham, lacked assertiveness and simply accepted the rule of their parents and elders as the way society was.
That being said, the concept of David Anthony Chan’s book was pretty spectacular, and the action scenes were breathtaking. Chan deftly introduces the history and origins of his fantasy world through flashbacks and dialogue without being overt or boring. He’s not shy about killing off important characters.
I look forward to reading more from Mr. Chan in the future.
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Powerfully written with great potential. A delight for lovers of action-packed fantasy!
By Michael Lynes
“The Kindred Chronicles: Between Two Worlds” by D. A. Chan is an interesting work. It falls solidly into the Epic Fantasy genre and it is a powerfully written debut novel. There are good bones here, echoes of Tolkien and Poul Anderson and even Rowling can be detected. It is obvious that Mr. Chan is very well read and a fan of both ‘manga’ type graphic novels as well as anime inspired saga-fiction. The wedding of these disparate styles is deftly managed, and readers of these types of action-packed epic adventures will be very entertained by this work and by Mr. Chan’s hero, Chris Sayther.
Our story opens and we are introduced to Chris as he is attending a funeral. He is present, not as a mourner, but rather as a sort or investigator/reporter. There are dark forces afoot and we get a sense of mystery and occult surrounding this young man. The funeral ends and no sooner has he left the event and is on his way to deliver his report, when he and his mentor are attacked and Chris is made captive! He awakes to find himself imprisoned in a deserted warehouse. As he considers how he might escape he is confronted by Cerulean, a Weaver (one of the many races of Kindred, powerful arcane beings who are only now starting to reveal themselves to human-kind), who has betrayed his people and seeks to get information from Chris to use against his former allies. He subjects Chris to a particularly gruesome form of interrogation and the memories which he forces him to relive become the basis for an extended series of flashbacks which the author uses to build his description of the Kindred world, introduce the main conflict, describe the meeting and subsequent relationship between Chris and Elline, the daughter of the powerful Leader of the House of War Tironius and reveal the strange and unique powers which have been mysteriously granted to Chris, despite his mundane human origin.
If all this seems like a lot…it is, and the reader finds himself somewhat lost in the seemingly endless series of recollections/exposition employed by the author to flesh out his fantastical world, introduce the many, many races and creatures that people it and the various arcane cities and ancient houses and battles that make up its history and backstory. Once this forced recollection ends with yet another fantastically described battle/rescue scene where Chris’s powerful Kindred allies free him from Cerulean’s clutches the story really begins to pick up pace. No spoilers, but a full cadre of teen-aged supporting characters is assembled and together with Chris and Elline, they go on to face the challenges of not one but a whole shadowy cohort of treacherous and devious foes.
I gave this story a rating of three stars, though it should rate far higher. It was powerfully written and the author has obvious natural talent. The story loses points for the persistent disconnect between the reader and the protagonists, both hero and heroine. The descriptions of battle and the many cities and races of Kindred are well executed, powerful and exciting. In contrast the plot of this story wanders and the characters are somewhat undeveloped and static. The combination builds distance between the reader and the hero/heroine which persists throughout, leaving us unable to feel deeply or care about the fate of the protagonists or even the threat posed by the evil designs of the main antagonist. This story would benefit greatly from a through, professional editing, focusing on story-telling, plot progression and character development. This author has great potential and tremendous talent and with good editorial advice his work will shine! I look forward to reading more works from Mr Chan and I wish him success. Good show!
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THE KINDRED CHRONICLES: Between Two Worlds D.A. Chan : A Review
By Kaye A. Alfafara
The book pretty much impresses that D.A. Chan is a wonderful weaver of stories. Afficionados of anime, superhero flicks, and sci-fi fantasy genres like me would have a fun ride in this melting pot of various influences. I was able to discern inspiration from I AM NUMBER 4 villains, mutant beasts of the same and those of Lord of the Rings and Chronicles of Narnia (Gargs to IA#4 pikens and LOTR’s wargs). I also discerned some influence from Twilight (Chris for Bella, Alicia for Alice); the eerie suspense of Supernatural and Ghost Whisperer; and the stealthy shadow movements of Arrow’s League of Assassins. My imagination of Ethanos is in fact that of the tv show’s Ra’s al Ghul. I was also very impressed with the play of nuances from anime shows: “Bleach” (personification of the swords, and the “making” of the Hollows); Avatar (The Last Airbender/Legend of Kora) for the energy/matter weaving; and Naruto and Dragonball Z for energy balls. I could go on.
Even from the first page that started with “Ashes to ashes…” I was hooked. There were a lot of racy moments that kept me hanging on to find out how the plot thickens or thins out. The fight scenes were indeed breathtaking and the author did not scrimp on the details of the battle that included some “cool gore”. It was interesting how I, as the reader thought that I could predict the next unfolding but would be delightfully disappointed. Indeed, he did not shy away from killing a main character (not telling who ) but suspected it was just a prologue to something that would develop the tragedy into something pivotal to the succeeding installment. The characterization was effective enough for me – especially the villains. I found myself punching pillows out of genuine loathing for Cerulean, Havet, and Adamar. At times, I got frustrated by a main character’s weakness or her/his failure to destroy a villain but had to reassure myself that it was also necessary for the weaving of a story that will span several volumes.
The story, though riveting, engaging, and truly a page turner can get annoying in some areas when the suspense is suspended in the intricate details of thoughts, flashbacks, and other descriptions of crucial “moments”. I wanted to just skim through these and just go right into finding out what happens next. Despite the generous descriptions, I can’t help but find some “holes”. There was a point when I wondered, “how did they/he know his/their name(s)?”. Then again, just maybe I was too daft to thread the details or missed them altogether due to my skimming. Even as I anticipated a cliffhanger at the end of the book, I expected more “umph!”. Still, I think it was enough for the reader to want to read the next installment.
Given everything I have said and experienced from reading the manuscript, I myself am so looking forward to the next book!
My Rating: 4 stars over 5.
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