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Have you ever awoken from a vivid dream and wondered which side of waking was real?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.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.EVOLVED PUBLISHING PRESENTS a specualtive fantasy adventure sure not just to entertain you, but to make you consider your life, your dreams, your goals. [DRM-Free]<h2>Books by David Litwack:</h2><ul><li>Along the Watchtower</li><li>The Daughter of the Sea and the Sky</li><li>The Time That's Given</li><li>The Children of Darkness (The Seekers - Book 1)</li><li>The Stuff of Stars (The Seekers - Book 2)</li><li>The Light of Reason (The Seekers - Book 3)</li></ul><h2>More Great Fantasy Fiction from Evolved Publishing:</h2><ul><li>The Awakening of David Rose (David Rose #1) by Daryl Rothman</li><li>Shadow Swarm by D. Robert Pease</li><li>Kingdom in Chains by J.W. Zulauf</li><li>The "Grims' Truth" Series by Isu Yin & Fae Yang</li></ul>

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“I knew I was an unwanted baby when I saw my bath toys were a toaster and a radio” I’ve never forgotten that quote, I’d read it in one of my mothers magazines, it was Joan Rivers and I had spent hours admiring her photograph believing that this was what I should look like, be like. I was about thirteen at the time. She, Joan Rivers, had the same kind of mother as I had. I no longer felt so alone in the world, knowing there were others just like me. One day I will be famous I had thought, and I will say things like that, let them know exactly what my mother was – a whore, a child abuser and a nonentity, at least she was now. I’d had dreams, dreams that never came true, my life, and my waking hours had been one long nightmare and my sleep had been my respite where I could wish for happier times, when I could dream about blissful times, about becoming someone like Joan Rivers. My dreams are what kept me sane, kept me from wanting to die, when I awoke from the dream I would want to sleep again to go back into the dream that helped me to escape my miserable life. Being born is like a lottery, you don’t know which mother you are going to get. I was number 326 lining up waiting to be embedded in some woman’s womb; ironically 325 didn’t feel well on the day of my consummation so was made to sit out. If he had been well then my life might have been so very different, I would have got a nice mother then. Instead I got ‘her’; instead I drew the short straw. Did your child get the short straw? Hey you! I’m talking to you! Put the book down, YES YOU! Did your child get the short straw or was he lucky and won the lottery! “We are not makers of history. We are made by history” – Martin Luther King Junior This means that I have been made by my history, my life has made me who I am and also my mother, she has made me who I am today. Or would I have been like this anyway, was it in my DNA, was it nature or nurture? Perhaps you will be able to answer my question after reading my story, after living in my world even if just for the time it takes to read this book, or after stepping into the shoes that I was forced to wear either by my upbringing or by my DNA. So please don’t judge me as you read my story as this could have been you, if you had drawn the short straw like I did.

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Brilliant!!!, November 16, 2012 By <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/pdp/profile/A2ISCS4DX247OL/ref=cm_cr_pr_pdp">Mrs. H. Mcconnell "brodie"</a> (UK) - <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/cdp/member-reviews/A2ISCS4DX247OL/ref=cm_cr_pr_auth_rev?ie=UTF8&sort_by=MostRecentReview">See all my reviews</a> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html/ref=cm_rn_bdg_help?ie=UTF8&nodeId=14279681&pop-up=1#RN">(REAL NAME)</a>This review is from: Gut Instinct (Kindle Edition)I was engrossed right from the start. Excellent piece of writing, keeps you hanging on the whole way through! I love psychological thrillers, this is one of the best I have read in a long time! What an ending, well done, the author fantastic read!!!! Twisted tale!, November 24, 2012 By <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/pdp/profile/A15KOCJOI95B3O/ref=cm_cr_pr_pdp">RoJo</a> - <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/cdp/member-reviews/A15KOCJOI95B3O/ref=cm_cr_pr_auth_rev?ie=UTF8&sort_by=MostRecentReview">See all my reviews</a>This review is from: Gut Instinct (Kindle Edition)I was sucked into the story early on and spent the rest of the day reading. Easy to read, amusing, puzzling, sad, savage, insightful AND with a twist in the tale. I am looking forward to the next book. Brillant, 15 Nov 2012 By <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/pdp/profile/A3Q72M1L2IGV9Q/ref=cm_cr_pr_pdp">claire</a> - <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/cdp/member-reviews/A3Q72M1L2IGV9Q/ref=cm_cr_pr_auth_rev?ie=UTF8&sort_by=MostRecentReview">See all my reviews</a>This review is from: Gut Instinct (Paperback)Well I didn’t expect that at the end. i couldn't put this book down and read 30 chapters in one night. Well done on a brilliant book.

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