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I read this book as a middle aged adult and I loved it. If I read this book as a teenager I’d have lost my mind. I finished this book last weekend and wanted time to digest it before I wrote my review.
First, I was completely hooked. The story takes place in the near future and a scientist, Doctor Cory Anderson, has unlocked the hidden potential of the human mind and what it could evolve into. The story cuts to Nazarite “Naz” and his younger sister Meridian “Meri” and they live in an area of the city called the Enclave. It’s not a nice place, there are gangs and drugs and little in the way of hope. Naz has limited opportunities and joining a gang is looking looks like his inevitable future.
He hears voices and sleepwalks. What is walking to? What are the voices telling him? Could it be his way out or a path to darkness?
The novel is fresh. It’s built on the relationship between Naz and Meri. The feel like brother and sister and they have a bond. It’s not just a brother trying to protect his sister, but Meri is a protective. They cling to each other and they know they only have each other to survive. It’s a wonderful dynamic.
The voices don’t make sense to Naz and that’s kind of the fun of it. He doesn’t know if they’re part of him, or if they’re something else. They do force him to question what he knows and search for insights. He’s often faced with a choice of doing what’s right and doing what’s necessary. They’re not always the same thing. While the story is a good pace and was an easy read, it didn’t leave me. It had me thinking for quite some time.
The story is divided into three parts and it’s a flashback in each case that creates the divide. It was a very interesting choice and it fit well with Naz’s fragmented mind.
I recommend this story highly.


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IA Initiate John Darryl Winston Books Reviews

I spotted book one of the IA Series on Goodreads.com. I knew that I had to read them, and if they were as good as I hoped, my son would be reading them too. I read a lot of books, but not many are written (that I've seen) where it's fantasy with powers like this. This book's got it going on!

In book one, IA Initiate, by John Darryl Winston, you are introduced to people from both the past and the future. Young Naz is a boy trying to survive in the Exclave with his little sister. The world isn't quite like it used to be and Naz can't always remember things from his past, but that's where the mystery lies. Naz can do things, but this strange power is semi-dormant and he has no inkling on how to use it. He's always hearing voices, learning to use his abilities, fighting street gangs and pushing to give his sister a better life and he's covered in street It's then that he finds a sort of release. A release in a game he'd never really played before...

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The writing is good. It is also very intriguing. I like to have an idea of where the book is heading. After reading the first book there are many open questions. I don't have a real clue as to what is going on. Is he a brother, or not? Is he human? most likely. But there was talk of angels and he appears to have abilities. Was he in the studies, or future research? Who is the man following him? What about the voices? Will he go to the school also? Why did he forget. Why was his mother killed? Was it really his mother? Why is he sleepwalking? Can he levitate? It seems that people around him know something he doesn't. Why is he wanted in the gang? Is the bird actually talking to him? Way too many questions.
It opens "In the past..." and, cleverly, the chapter is done in present tense - a difficult thing to sustain throughout an entire novel. Then, the next chapter brings us into the present and is told in past tense. Upon first impression, because, primarily, the "present portion" of the story is told in the third person POV of our antagonist, Naz, the book begins with so many passive sentences, I wasn't sure about this book.

The further you get into the story, the more the prose becomes active and you suddenly realize that it reflects the growth of the character from a timid, unsure young man to one who is discovering his ability and learning self-worth. It's not so much a "coming of age" tale, it's more 'coming into your own" type of story. Set in a dark, dystopian landscape, makes it all the more interesting because our hero isn't a Katniss Everdeen type of hero, but he's a hero nonetheless.

This book should be required reading in every school system as a model of how to find your talent, a belief in oneself without falling victim to the downward, dismal spiral that can come from growing up in a dysfunctional atmosphere. It proves that "at risk" doesn't define, determine, nor guarantee a dismal future.

This is a novel full of hope and promise told in quite a unique and masterful way.
I received the copy I ordered earlier yesterday. Apparently the publisher put the wrong ms in title wrapper?

I'm actually rather pleased that this happened, as. I then put it at the top of the queue. I'm usually anywhere from 10-25 books behind.!

I am a retired English teacher, sometimes too "picky" about details like spelling, punctuation, and word choices. I'm happy to state that I couldn't find any!

The author shows familiarity with the.state of Education and of Academia today. In crafting his future civilization, he exaggerates these to make it obvious that new answers are needed. The.old Band-Aids won't work any more.

I won't attempt to give you a Cliffs Notes for this story. The protagonist is a foster child, living with a young half-sistet(?). Although we have the bulk of the story in their challenges, this is NOT a Bobby and Suzie coming of age story. We have here all the signs of an upcoming trilogy.
I read this book as a middle aged adult and I loved it. If I read this book as a teenager I’d have lost my mind. I finished this book last weekend and wanted time to digest it before I wrote my review.
First, I was completely hooked. The story takes place in the near future and a scientist, Doctor Cory Anderson, has unlocked the hidden potential of the human mind and what it could evolve into. The story cuts to Nazarite “Naz” and his younger sister Meridian “Meri” and they live in an area of the city called the Enclave. It’s not a nice place, there are gangs and drugs and little in the way of hope. Naz has limited opportunities and joining a gang is looking looks like his inevitable future.
He hears voices and sleepwalks. What is walking to? What are the voices telling him? Could it be his way out or a path to darkness?
The novel is fresh. It’s built on the relationship between Naz and Meri. The feel like brother and sister and they have a bond. It’s not just a brother trying to protect his sister, but Meri is a protective. They cling to each other and they know they only have each other to survive. It’s a wonderful dynamic.
The voices don’t make sense to Naz and that’s kind of the fun of it. He doesn’t know if they’re part of him, or if they’re something else. They do force him to question what he knows and search for insights. He’s often faced with a choice of doing what’s right and doing what’s necessary. They’re not always the same thing. While the story is a good pace and was an easy read, it didn’t leave me. It had me thinking for quite some time.
The story is divided into three parts and it’s a flashback in each case that creates the divide. It was a very interesting choice and it fit well with Naz’s fragmented mind.
I recommend this story highly.