Ancient Beginnings

As a young girl Ayane Akechi, half African American and half Japanese is sent to Sanctuary to hone her newly found powers. She is a witch in training. Finally she has found a place where she feels at home. But she is tortured by a reoccurring nightmare of herself in another life, another time. She must discover the truth before her past meets her present and destroys her.

ANCIENT BEGINNINGS is a tale of powerful gods and familiars who threaten the very mortal world. Ayane is a fascinating character. This reader felt her anguish and feelings of loss of place as a young woman. Now an adult, Ayane must face enemies that she never knew she had. How can one fight their foes of the past when they don’t remember them?

This reader knows nothing about iUniverse other than it is a self publishing company. Therefore, how the editing of books published at iUniverse is beyond the knowledge of this reviewer. That being said, there are things that are distracting in ANCIENT BEGINNINGS. Such as the author, while gifted with a fine use of wording and a wonderful imagination, has a favour of using two or three word paragraphs to emphasize a point, a useful tool in some cases, but in this tale used much too often.

This reader found the premise of this book very fascinating and the twists and turns in ANCIENT BEGINNINGS intriguing. This book is recommended for paranormal fans who like a bit of past lives, witchery, and the world of the gods all tossed in to one tale. These different aspects used in one book make for a storyline that is never boring. Had the prose flowed more smoothly this reader would have found ANCIENT BEGINNINGS to be one of the best books she has read in a long time.

December 2008