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Knuckleheads: Dreamer’s Alliance – Book 1 Paperback – 31 mei 2022

Engelstalige uitgave Daniel A Antion (auteur)

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Knuckleheads

Zachary Amstead and William Ignatius Terrance have been friends since elementary school. They share a birthday, although Billy is a year older, and their lives are similarly complicated by the presence of paranormal powers. Zach has lucid dreams, and he has the ability to participate within those dreams. When this ability began to emerge, he could observe scenes as they happened in the places his dreams would take him. Over time, his ability grew to the point where he could step into the dream-scene. Finally, well into his adult life, his prowess over this ability allowed him to wake up inside the scene he was dreaming about.

Billy has always been a seer. He has visions of the future. Not a general world view, only the future around him. Like Zach, his capability grew as he became older. He was more certain about his future, and he was better able to distinguish what might happen from what would happen. His ability also extended to friends with whom he was close. He didn’t see their future with the clarity of his own, but he saw it well enough to help them avoid serious problems.

“Knuckleheads” is the story of these two boys as they were only beginning to understand these skills. They didn’t understand them at first, and they had very little control over the way these abilities manifested themselves. They were scared, tempted, and frustrated. Experiencing this growth in a world controlled by adults was frightening. They frequently found themselves in trouble.

Zach’s father became aware of their situation. He didn’t understand what they were going through, or where the limits to their skill might lie, but he knew they needed help. He knew what could happen if they didn’t find a way to “get ahead of these abilities,” as he liked to say.

In addition to the extraordinary capabilities, they were attempting to master, Zach and Billy were growing up in the tumultuous period between the early nineteen sixties and mid-nineteen seventies. The world around them was one of drugs, racial strife, and protests against the war. The adult world was struggling with those challenges, the pressures of post-war growth and having to contain a generation of children that was busting out at the seams. There was no room for children with special needs or abilities.

This short bit of speculative fiction is told by Zach to his adult daughter, Abbie, shortly immediately following his retirement. The story is interrupted by Abbie which leads to some sharp lively and sometimes snarky dialog. The book is a fast and fun read.

The story is told two days before the events chronicled in the second and third books in this series begin. While the second and third book tell a story which can stand on its own, the core of this series begins in the long-forgotten days of their childhood. Reading Knuckleheads first will make you feel like a participant in their tale rather than just an observer.

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327 pagina's
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Engels
Publicatiedatum

31 mei 2022
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15.24 x 1.88 x 22.86 cm
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979-8439070299

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0B2TK4VHT
Uitgever ‏ : ‎ Independently published
Publicatiedatum ‏ : ‎ 31 mei 2022
Taal ‏ : ‎ Engels
Printlengte ‏ : ‎ 327 pagina's
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 979-8439070299
Gewicht van item ‏ : ‎ 517 g
Afmetingen ‏ : ‎ 15.24 x 1.88 x 22.86 cm
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Suzette Benjamin
Engaging story-telling, unique and refreshing plot, pleasurable reading experience!
Beoordeeld in Canada op 18 juli 2022
Formaat: Kindle-editieGeverifieerde aankoop

I am delighted to rate this book --five stars. I spent a good part of a Saturday enjoying its well-thought-out chapters from cover to cover. Below are the reasons for my five-star rating.

In Knuckleheads, the first in the series: Dreamer's Alliance, author Dan Antion prepares the reader for the prism through which the light of many other books in this series will gleam. Knuckleheads is a journey through the world of the two boys as they grapple with the challenges of those labels concomitant with their special giftings. Giftings that few around them understand; including the boys themselves.

The book chronicles the boys' individual struggles from childhood to adulthood with a view to explaining their often rocky friendship. Particular attention was paid to the traumas of the boys' childhood and to those people, places, and events that shaped their trajectory into adulthood.

The story is told from the beautifully crafted and heartwarming perspective of one of the boys (now an adult) sharing his life story with his daughter over a cup of coffee.
The trials the two main characters endured I found to be a relatable and often poignant commentary on society's influence on its youth, the devastating effects of bullying, and the marginalization of children whose giftings do not comfortably fit society's crisp labels.

Knuckleheads was successful in its premise, its storytelling, and its character development. Therefore, I believe that his first book sets the reader up comfortably to consume later offerings in the Dreamers' Alliance series. I look forward to the next book in this series.

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Suzette Benjamin

Engaging story-telling, unique and refreshing plot, pleasurable reading experience!

Beoordeeld in Canada op 18 juli 2022
I am delighted to rate this book --five stars. I spent a good part of a Saturday enjoying its well-thought-out chapters from cover to cover. Below are the reasons for my five-star rating.

In Knuckleheads, the first in the series: Dreamer's Alliance, author Dan Antion prepares the reader for the prism through which the light of many other books in this series will gleam. Knuckleheads is a journey through the world of the two boys as they grapple with the challenges of those labels concomitant with their special giftings. Giftings that few around them understand; including the boys themselves.

The book chronicles the boys' individual struggles from childhood to adulthood with a view to explaining their often rocky friendship. Particular attention was paid to the traumas of the boys' childhood and to those people, places, and events that shaped their trajectory into adulthood.

The story is told from the beautifully crafted and heartwarming perspective of one of the boys (now an adult) sharing his life story with his daughter over a cup of coffee.
The trials the two main characters endured I found to be a relatable and often poignant commentary on society's influence on its youth, the devastating effects of bullying, and the marginalization of children whose giftings do not comfortably fit society's crisp labels.

Knuckleheads was successful in its premise, its storytelling, and its character development. Therefore, I believe that his first book sets the reader up comfortably to consume later offerings in the Dreamers' Alliance series. I look forward to the next book in this series.

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Mae Clair
A wonderful coming of age story
Beoordeeld in de Verenigde Staten op 5 juli 2022
Formaat: Kindle-editieGeverifieerde aankoop
An original and moving story of two boys with extraordinary powers, Knuckleheads follows the lives of Zach and Billy from grade school to graduation. This is a coming of age story, set in the 1960s with snippets in the present (Zach relays his past to his daughter) with a strong dose of the unusual tossed in.

I loved the authenticity of character voice, and the slice-of-life settings that kept me riveted from page one. I finished this book in a single day, unable to put it down as I watched Zach's life unfold. From his problems at school, to the wonderful relationship he had with his father, and his time spent working at his dad's bowling alley, scenes flow effortlessly. There is an assortment of colorful secondary characters that come and go in Zach's world as he moves from one situation to the next. Through it all, there is a strong message of friendship, loyalty, and family ties. I loved the look back at things from the sixties I had all but forgotten, and I look forward to more books to come in this promising series. 4.5 stars rounded up to 5 for review purposes.

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Robbie Cheadle
An entertaining coming of age story with a unique paranormal twist
Beoordeeld in de Verenigde Staten op 4 juli 2022
Formaat: Kindle-editieGeverifieerde aankoop
This book is an interesting coming of age story about two boys growing up in Pittsburg. Zach and Billy appear to live ordinary lives going to school, doing chores at home, and holding down part-time jobs, but they both have extraordinary abilities. Zach has vivid dreams about places he has visited and is able, over time and through practice, to participate in his dreams in a very real way. Billy is able to see the future, not in a clear and exact way, but he has strong feelings about what is going to happen to people. Zach is able to hide his ability to a large extent, although he does have a bad interlude at school due to a slip up on his part, but Billy is weighed down by his gift and his odd behaviour earns him the label 'retard' during a time when little slack was cut to students who did not fit the 'average' mould in the school environment.

Knuckleheads delves deeply into everyday life in an American city and gives insight into relationships and interactions in the church, at school and, as Zach's father owns a bowling alley and part of the story is set there, it also provides an overview of this popular form of entertainment at that point in time. Even the pitfalls of owning a building and the trials and tribulations of difficult customers and the legal system are explored and I found it fascinating.

The style of writing of this book is also unusual in that the entire story comprises a series of conversations between the older, retired Zach and his daughter, Abbie. Abbie is engaged in the conversation about her father's childhood and unusual gift and asks lots of questions, the answers to which move the story along nicely and provide additional details. There are a few interesting aspects to the relationships in this story. One is that Abbie's deceased mother, Ronnie, Zach's former wife, plays a small role in this novel. Zach has a strong relationship with his daughter and Abbie doesn't seem to feel emotionally deprived by not having a mother figure in her life. My distinct impression was that Zach had filled the hole left by the death of his wife very well. The second, is that Zach's father plays the role of confidant and nurturer to his son as he learns to control his ability. In fact, Zach's father fills this role for Billy too after his mother dies and his grandparents become to old to cope with his perceived strangeness. I thought this was a rather unique take on relationships between fathers and their children.

This is a character driven book and it was entertaining and fulfilling to watch the two boys, Zach and Billy, adapt to their unusual situations and learn to make the most of life's opportunities. Both of them end up pursuing careers that are well suited to their needs and emotional and intellectual make-ups.

This is an enjoyable coming of age story with an interesting paranormal twist.

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glp
a fun read
Beoordeeld in het Verenigd Koninkrijk op 23 november 2022
Formaat: Kindle-editieGeverifieerde aankoop
Interesting premise, nicely worked through to the hanging conclusion. If you like your supernatural set inside a dose of reality this is for you

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Darlene Foster
Growing up in the 60s and 70s
Beoordeeld in Canada op 16 augustus 2022
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A story about friendships; a friendship between two young boys, Zach and Billy, both with unique and unexplainable abilities. It is also about family friendships, like the friendship between the main character and his wise and practical father, as well as the friendship between the main character and his daughter which comes out in their dialogue during the telling of the story. The characters are well developed and grow on you as you learn how these two boys manoeuvre growing up in the 60s and 70s, sometimes in difficult situations. I love the father of Zach and his no-nonsense advice. At times I found a bit too much technical detail, but that is just me. I am looking forward to more books with these characters as I'm sure there is much more to their story.

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