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Sara Dwells & The Book of Answers

Paul Waters

Sara Dwells & The Book of Answers

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April 14, 2020
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A blend of Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland, Baum's Wizard of Oz(Dorthy), and any number of classic fantastic adventures such as Vernes' Journey to the Center of the Earth, Doyle's The Lost World and Edgar Rice Burroughs' Pellucidar series. Squeeze into that some of the odd descriptions in C.S. Lewis's The Great Divorce or even some scenes from Dante's Inferno. And perhaps its this mix of various notions that make it unique that someone has tried to mash all these into one story.
Goodreads reviewer - JLD

Synopsis

Sara Dwells & The Book of Answers is a thrilling and adventurous tale unlike any other told before. The story begins in the early 1900’ when a young girl named Sara Dwells deeply wishes to escape her mundane existence. She feels as though she is an outcast, and spends most of her time alone sheltered away from the world. But one day an old man from her village tells her of a mysterious book hidden in the basement of the local library. It is said that this book holds magical powers, portals to other worlds, and can also grant any wish desired, that is, if one can make it to the end of its strange and mystical journey.

This ancient enchanted book speaks in riddles and poems, and most of its pages are appear to be without any writing whatsoever. But on one cold and stormy night Sara decides to embark on the journey laid out by an ever appearing map in the book. She is quickly taken into the realms of the strange, the odd, and the magical. As the legend goes, only those who make it to the end of the journey get there wish granted, and no-one ever has. As Sara enters worlds never heard of or seen before, she is helped and hindered by an array of characters, some with good intentions and others with evil plots to steal the book and use it for their own sinister desires.

From the darkest depths of the valleys of hell, to enchanted dream like worlds, Sara risks everything to make it to the end, that is, if she does.

The Book of answers is the holder of dreams

that leads you to places and worlds unseen

A book of magic made of fire and light

through darkness and woe wrong & right

A journey to worlds ancient and new

the book is the map and so are you

Sign your name in the beginning at the books very start

Find the doors you seek and choose with your heart

Any wish you make will be granted true

if you make it to the end, that is, if you do

The last page may be signed when your journey is done

In a place full of stars beneath a thousand suns

Product Information

Number of pages
302
Publisher
First Edition Design Publishing
#ISBN
Number of pages
9781506909004
Date of Publication
April 14, 2020
Format
Paperback
Weight
445
g
Dimensions
x
22.9
x
15.2
cm

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About the author

Paul Waters

Paul Waters is the author of Blackwatertown. He is also an award-winning BBC producer and the co-presenter of the We’d Like A Word books and authors podcast, which was shortlisted for 2020 Books Podcast of the Year.

Paul grew up in Belfast during ‘the Troubles’, was involved in cross-community peace groups and went on to report and produce for BBC Northern Ireland, BBC Radio 4, BBC Radio 5 Live, the BBC World Service and Channel 5.

His claim to fame is making Pelé his dinner. But Paul has also covered elections in the USA, created an alternative G8 Summit in a South African township, gone undercover in Zimbabwe, conducted football crowds, reported from Swiss drug shooting-up rooms, smuggled a satellite dish into Cuba to produce the first BBC live programmes from the island and produced the World Service’s first live coverage of the 9/11 attacks on America.

Paul has taught in Poland, driven a cab in England, busked in Wales, been a night club cook in New York, designed computer systems in Dublin, presented podcasts for Germans and organised music festivals for beer drinkers. He lives in Buckinghamshire and has two children.

The We'd Like A Word podcast Paul co-hosts can be found at www.wedlikeaword.com

The crime festival Paul organises, Chiltern Kills, can be found at www.chilternkills.com

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