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The Lightbearers Kindle Edition
Discovery of their innate mystical powers is facilitated by the assistance of an alien being who introduces them to the mission of the Lightbearer. Through a series of flashbacks two of their previous lifetimes are revealed beginning in Ancient Egypt and including 17th century France where they switched genders.
The story unfolds in the 21st century where Jean Crystal, Nefertiti’s incarnate, has been kidnapped by Dr. Natas, whose plan for world domination has been temporarily disrupted by Jean and her husband George, Akhenaten’s incarnate. Jean and George have discovered a secret about Dr. Natas experimental school, a school completely computerized and robotized.
Jean is held captive on a laboratory table by a motion sensitive laser directed toward her central nervous system. Not realizing this, upon awakening from a narcotic sleep induced by the doctor, she attempts to move and is suddenly wracked by a mind numbing pain. The more she moves the more pain she receives. By astrally projecting herself she is able to overcome the pain and investigate her circumstances. George has already been assassinated and while awaiting her own demise, George pays Jean a visit in the lab, assuring her of their eternal vow to each other. Jean is very shortly, thereafter, assassinated. Upon the joyful reunion of their spirits on Petite Terre, a tiny island just off the Normandy Province of France, Jean and George plan their return. While it is possible to determine their gender and the time in which they return, they cannot predetermine their identities. They must pick a place, a time and a signal by which they can find and identify each other in their subsequent lifetime. In this particular lifetime, their favorite song was “Imagine” by John Lennon and so on the first Monday of October, 2024 at 12 noon, they decide to meet outside the computer science building on the UCLA campus in Los Angeles. She will find him sitting under a tree near the building with a guitar strumming “Imagine”.
Their reunion takes place 20 years later, albeit not without a hitch. Together they set out to rescue the United States from Dr. Natas’s well-placed plans, he has already begun to execute.
- LanguageEnglish
- Publication dateNovember 9, 2012
- File size605 KB
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About the Author
While Nora considers herself an artist, she feels a strong sense of social responsibility which inspires her to write projects that are not only entertaining, but also enlightening and hopefully with a positive social message as well.
Product details
- ASIN : B00B1GKDIG
- Publisher : 1st Books (November 9, 2012)
- Publication date : November 9, 2012
- Language : English
- File size : 605 KB
- Text-to-Speech : Enabled
- Screen Reader : Supported
- Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
- X-Ray : Not Enabled
- Word Wise : Enabled
- Sticky notes : On Kindle Scribe
- Print length : 320 pages
- Page numbers source ISBN : 1481988042
- Best Sellers Rank: #2,692,712 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #26,847 in Science Fiction Adventure
- #36,014 in Fantasy Romance eBooks
- #57,578 in Science Fiction Adventures
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About the author
Nora M. Garcia, originally from New York, now makes her home in Southern California where she enjoys a successful career with an entertainment company.
While Nora considers herself an artist, she feels a strong sense of social responsibility which inspires her to write projects that are not only entertaining, but also enlightening and hopefully with a positive social message as well.
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The story has a consistent pace to it. Love over millennium, reincarnation, political corruption, mind control, yes this story has it all. The love that Akhenaton and Nefertiti have for each other is literally timeless. The twist and turns within the plot only adds to the intensity of emotion between Akhenaton and Nefertiti found in the conclusion of the story.
I truly believe almost anyone would enjoy this book. Please Nora, grace us with a sequel to this enjoyable read.
I recommend this book to anyone who enjoys sci fi, romance and historical fiction.
An incredible effort by a first time author.
The Lightbearers isn’t as awesome as it seems like it’s going to be. For starters, you’d think the story about an ancient Egyptian couple would be narrated by a member of the couple (or at least told from one of their points of view). It isn’t. You’d think, given the topic, that there ought to be at least some mention of ancient Egypt in the first several chapters. There isn’t. You’d think the author would have noticed she misspelled the protagonist’s name in the first sentence of her blurb. Ahem. Add to that some preachy-yet-bland writing and you’ve got the idea: The Lightbearers looks good on the menu, but it’ll make your belly hurt.
Would I recommend it: No, I don’t think so.
As reviewed by Melissa at Every Free Chance Books.
Disclosure: I received a complimentary copy of this book. I voluntarily reviewed it.
I struggled to really get into the book and it took me a couple of weeks to be able to read it. My main issue with it was that the dialogue felt more like a drama class than what I would expect in a book, and there was a lot of information given that seemed to be completely irrelevant.
The book flits through time and I really feel that the parts set in ancient Egypt are where the author felt most at home, there was real warmth and passion in that section of the book. If it hadn't of had that part, I'm not sure I'd have kept reading.
As I say, I love the story itself, I just felt a little bit like I was reading reading the author's draft notes of where she wanted the book to go rather than the finished article.
All in all, I have to say that this book wasn't for me. Parts of it were enjoyable but I just didn't like the unnecessary and sometimes irrelevant bits of information that I as the reader was given and then the missing detail in other parts. It just felt unfinished to me.
I am giving this book 3 stars because I do really like the idea of the book and with a thorough read and edit, i think it could be a really gripping and enjoyable book. I meant what I said though, I do think it would make a great film or TV show.
Reviewed by Cassandra
***This book was given free for an honest review***
I received this book for free from Author in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.
My Initial Reaction...
The Lightbearers was not the sort of book I probably would have found on my own, but I'm glad it found me. It's one of those books that just makes you feel good. It's about good people trying to make a difference (for centuries!) and the kind of love you see in action is very heartwarming. I wanted more of some elements and less of others, so it wasn't perfect, but it left me smiling.
The Characters...
The heroes of The Lightbearers are Akhenaten and Nefertiti , an Egyptian Pharaoh and his bride reincarnated over and over for thousands of years, trying to help humanity rise above things like power hunger and greed. We first meet them as George and Jean Crystal, embroiled in an attempt to shut down a school run 100% by computers - including the teachers. In so doing, they've made a very powerful enemy - Dr. Natas, who runs the schools - and he's having them killed. While he's holding Jean we're treated to a series of flashbacks to help us learn about how she and her husband ended up in this situation - going all the way back to the first lives they recall, as Akhenaten and Nefertiti. I found the flashbacks a bit jarring - we didn't transition to them as easily or clearly as I would have liked - and a bit off from the rest of the story. They were absolutely essential parts, especially for our getting to know Jean and George and how this whole reincarnation thing is working. In some ways they felt too rushed, like they deserved a story of their own, and other times to slow - because they didn't have their own story, I almost just wanted the essential details and to move on to the story I was reading.
There's so much about Jean and George that we don't get to know - this book covers so much time very quickly, and because of their deaths they aren't in a good chunk of it - but we do get to see an incredible relationship. They've been together, in various lives, for over 3000 years... and they're still so in love. I enjoyed the way they could interact psychically and would have loved to see that developed even more. I think Nora Garcia did a good job of showing two characters who are essentially still the same people they were 3000 years ago, but they've also changed over time. I would have liked to see more of that change and of their experiences in previous lives, perhaps in another, earlier book. But their lives really isn't what Lightbearers is about. It's about them doing everything it takes to save humanity from itself.
The Story...
I think I liked the story for The Lightbearers more than the characters, since it was better developed. Also because it felt eerily believable and I couldn't help but be a little wowed - but also disturbed because of the very believablity - of the society Garcia has crafted, a mere 11 years in our future. Dr. Natas has developed a robot run school, but as Jean suspects from the start, there's something not right about it, besides the fact that children need social interaction. We learn very very early that Dr. Natas wants power and control - in that way he's a pretty flat character, with a single-minded focus. He's a bit like the robots he makes, cold and calculating. Even though I don't tend to like flat characters, I think it was an appropriate choice for his role. As the story progresses through a good 20+ years we see Dr. Natas growing in power and the things he's willing to do to amass that power -- all while the country is glamoured by his natural charm (in the literal, not fantasy sense). When Jean and George (now Cassandra and Phillip) reincarnate and grow up enough to get back into the game, the country is in a perilous place and they've got limited time to act if they're going to save humanity from itself.
Concluding Sentiments...
There's not a huge mystery to solve, since we have an omniscient view of events, and the plot moves forward in semi-predictable ways. But that didn't keep me from enjoying it - I found myself cheering on Jean and George up to the very end. It wasn't earth-shattering, but it left me with a smile on my face and an all-around happy feeling. And it does somehow manage to convey a message of hope about the potential of humans to just be good and loving. I'd recommend for a quick, happy read.