About
I am a writer, based in London, UK.
Published novels: 'Second Chances' , 'A Time to Tell', 'Coincidences', 'The Dream', 'Haunted'.
Short story collections: 'Pieces of a Rainbow', 'Love and Loyalty (and Other Tales)' , 'Fusion', 'Delusion and Dreams'.
The Light of Reason (The Seekers Book 3)
Description
<p><strong><em>“But what are we without dreams?”</em></strong></p><p>Orah and Nathaniel return home with miracles from across the sea, hoping to bring a better life for their people. Instead, they find the world they left in chaos.</p><p>A new grand vicar, known as the usurper, has taken over the keep and is using its knowledge to reinforce his hold on power.</p><p>Despite their good intentions, the seekers find themselves leading an army, and for the first time in a millennium, their world experiences the horror of war.</p><p>But the keepmasters’ science is no match for the dreamers, leaving Orah and Nathaniel their cruelest choice—face bloody defeat and the death of their enlightenment, or use the genius of the dreamers to tread the slippery slope back to the darkness.</p><h1><strong><em>THE LIGHT OF REASON</em> by David Litwack</strong></h1><p>Evolved Publishing presents the third book of "The Seekers" series, closing out the story started in the critically-acclaimed, multiple award-winning <em>The Children of Darkness</em>, and continued in the award-winning <em>The Stuff of Stars</em>. [DRM-Free]</p><h2><strong>Books by David Litwack:</strong></h2><ul><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) [Coming November 28, 2016]</li><li><em>The Daughter of the Sea and the Sky</em></li><li><em>Along the Watchtower</em></li></ul><h2><strong>More Great Sci-Fi from Evolved Publishing:</strong></h2><ul><li><em>Red Death</em> by Jeff Altabef</li><li><em>Shroud of Eden</em> by Marlin Desault</li><li><em>The Jakkattu Vector</em> by P.K. Tyler</li></ul>
Story Behind The Book
A modern tale of love and relationships. A look at the breakdown of a marriage from the perspective of the husband and the wife. A story about abandonment, forgiveness, and secrets. Told in an entertaining yet realistic way.
Reviews
This novel would work beautifully as a four act play. The dramatic tempo
is nearly perfect; the characters are well exposed in just their
dialogue. It would be riveting to hear this text spoken because it is
riveting enough on the page. The key to this working in either form, is
the gift of the author for wrenching emotions, and crushing self-doubt.
Has that made this a depressing story? Absolutely not. No.
<br /><br />`Second Chances' by Maria Savva, is actually very tight,
disregarding the fact the characters hop on international flights a
couple of times. We don't watch these two main characters from much
distance at any point of the story. This is very intimate, and a stage
would enhance that. It would be stunning.
<br /><br />The subject is quite sad, and very life-like. Pam and James do not
have a made-for-each-other marriage. What marriage they have, can hardly
bear the strain of silence they have imposed upon one another. Silence
they have created because they are each tormented, so deeply they cannot
express any part of it. Maria does not allow her characters any
privacy, nor does she introduce their problems over any gentle length of
time. Pam and James certainly arrived at this moment, over years of
strain and hesitation. But, Maria introduces them to us at the precise
point that they can no longer contain their individual torments. They
are literally flung apart, and we are washed by their heartache. We
don't journey to that point, we journey away from it.
<br /><br />How do people act, when broken so completely? They act rashly. How
do people confront the loss of nearly everything they hold dear? They
wallow in self accusation. In that one little slice of human nature,
Maria hangs her entire moral, and she does have one. Pam and James blame
themselves - more deeply than they blame one another. `Second Chances'
avoids any hints of a love story, the characters don't dwell on that
emotion; this is a doubt story. By finding a way to overcome their
self-doubts, Pam and James turn this into a story of trust. Something as
valuable as love could ever be.<br /><br />Reviewed by Joel Blaine Kirkpatrick, author of 'Breathing into Stone'