About
Nadene Carter lives in northern Utah in a ruralsetting with her husband, Royce; two horses, two cats, and Rico--arule-the-roost MinPin dog. Besides writing, she enjoys working with her hands:gardening, knitting, crocheting, spinning, and weaving.
Description
<p><strong><em>Have you ever awoken from a vivid dream and wondered which side of waking was real?</em></strong></p><p>Burt Higgins' retirement is not going well. His children have grown, and his wife has gone off to earn a late-life degree, leaving him alone in his sprawling suburban home. With too much time on his hands, he broods on the state of the world, obsessively following the worst of cable news and the Internet. Increasingly angry at the state of affairs, he nurtures a fantasy that a dark lord from another realm has foisted these problems on humankind. If only he could transport to that world, he'd confront the demon and use the magic found there to defeat the beast and end despair forever.</p><p>On a particularly bad news day, while housebound in the midst of a snowstorm, he retreats to his study to shut out the world and immerse himself in his books. When, on a whim, he lights a candle purchased in an obscure Prague curiosity shop, a magical guide appears and offers to take him on whatever quest he chooses. When he asks to become a hero in a fantasy realm, he discovers a more complex world than he expected, and battling evil with magic turns out to be far from his greatest challenge.</p><p><strong>EVOLVED PUBLISHING PRESENTS</strong> a specualtive fantasy adventure sure not just to entertain you, but to make you consider your life, your dreams, your goals. [DRM-Free]</p><h2><strong>Books by David Litwack:</strong></h2><ul><li><em>Along the Watchtower</em></li><li><em>The Daughter of the Sea and the Sky</em></li><li><em>The Time That's Given</em></li><li><em>The Children of Darkness</em> (The Seekers - Book 1)</li><li><em>The Stuff of Stars</em> (The Seekers - Book 2)</li><li><em>The Light of Reason</em> (The Seekers - Book 3)</li></ul><h2><strong>More Great Fantasy Fiction from Evolved Publishing:</strong></h2><ul><li><em>The Awakening of David Rose</em> (David Rose #1) by Daryl Rothman</li><li><em>Shadow Swarm</em> by D. Robert Pease</li><li><em>Kingdom in Chains</em> by J.W. Zulauf</li><li>The "Grims' Truth" Series by Isu Yin & Fae Yang</li></ul><p> </p>
Reviews
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong>Paula Zsiray<br /></strong><strong>Past President, Utah Educational
Library Media Association</strong></p><p></p>
<span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;">When
an American-born Japanese family and a native-born German family become
friends, prejudice surrounds them both. The indignities of forced detention and
the horrors of war are hard to escape. This is the basis for a
thought-provoking exploration of a small Oregon farming community in the 1940s.
Well-researched, this novel will touch your heart.<br />_______________<br /><br /></span><strong><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;">Cindy Bonner, Author of<em> Lily and Right From Wrong</em></span></strong><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;"><br /><br /><em>Echoes of Silence</em> is an insightful novel
of courage, compassion, but above all, it is about the complex choices we all
make without realizing the effect on future generations. Nadene R. Carter
writes with specific honesty and appealing tenderness about a time, a place,
and the family, yet also about a larger subject that we, as a Nation, cannot
afford to forget.</span><br />______________<br /><br /><strong><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;">Midwest Review, <em>Oregon, WI</em></span></strong><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;"><br /><br />
Set during World War II, <em>Echoes of
Silence</em> by Nadene R. Carter is an impressively written historical novel
that follows several people, all of whom are a kind of ‘prisoner of war’ in one
manner or another. One is enslaved by his own past; a teenaged Japanese girl is
interned along with thousands of other Japanese-Americans who have committed no
crime; and yet another is held fast by his own hatred. A profound and sweeping
tale of human strengths and failings, offering unique perspectives into their
individual plights when Japanese-Americans were held captive by their own nation—throughout
the years both during and after the war.<br /></span>
