Paraworld Zero (Parallel Worlds) - Softcover

Matthew Peterson

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1590924916 ISBN 13: 9781590924914

Publisher: Blue Works, 2008

Synopsis

Simon Kent is just an ordinary 12 year old trying to cope with the loss of his parents and the bullies at school . . . or so he thinks. After meeting an outspoken girl with strange hair that changes colors with her mood, he is swept into a futuristic world filled with dragonlike creatures, vast technology, and enslaved giants. But Simon also stumbles upon a secret: He can perform magic in this parallel world! While fighting mystical creatures, unraveling an ancient mystery, and even experiencing his first kiss, Simon discovers that he, an outsider from Earth, is the only person who can save the high-tech planet from an impending doom.

About this title

About the Author

Matthew Peterson is an award-winning short story writer, second degree black belt in karate, Eagle scout, computer programmer, and former missionary. He also has uncanny luck with firsts, from getting accepted to the first and only university he applied to (Brigham Young University), becoming the Director of Information Technologies from his first and only job interview after graduating with a business management degree, and even marrying the first woman he dated in college. He wanted twins, and, miraculously, his first two children were red-headed twins. He won first place in the first writing contest he entered, and the first publisher he sent his book to bought the rights to publish it. He hopes his luck with firsts will continue on with his debut novel, Paraworld Zero.

Matthew has won or received honorable mentions in several writing contests including Writers Digest, Writers Weekly, and L. Ron Hubbard's Writers of the Future. He currently lives in Arizona with his wife, five boys, and a giant African tortoise.

Review

It's always a pleasure to find a new writer who is comfortable in that marvelous borderland between fantasy and science fiction. Even more of a pleasure to find one with flair and humour and a truly original imagination.

What do you get when the effect that produces parallel worlds also creates the phenomenon that we loosely call magic power? You get a lot of really weird beings with slightly faulty technology bursting into the lives of... well... some really weird people. You also get murderous villains, mighty warriors, goddess-like women, impossible problems and some of the wildest chases since the Keystone Kops. More fun than a barrel of computer games.

Read it. Trust me, you'll have a terrific time on that borderland. Especially in the company of Matthew Peterson. -- - Douglas Hill, bestselling author of nearly 70 books

Flame throwing pigeons and demonic dumpsters. Funny and imaginative.- Maria V. Snyder, award-winning author of Poison Study

The exciting action of Star Wars with the humor of Napoleon Dynamite... Paraworld Zero has strong potential to be popular among readers. --- Diana Pharaoh Francis, author of the Path and Crosspointe series

Edition details

• Publisher: Blue Works
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1590924916
• ISBN 13: 9781590924914
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 251