Wild Thing (Leeth Dossier) - Softcover

Kendall, L J

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1925430006 ISBN 13: 9781925430004

Publisher: L. J. Kendall, 2016

Synopsis

A warning from the author:

• This series explores serious issues of male abuse of power, female strength, and the potency of hope.

When all is darkest, she shines most bright.

IN 2036, magic returned to a world which neither needed nor wanted it. Several years later, an unusual young child is acquired by Dr Alex Harmon for his magic research at the Institute for Paranormal Dysfunction. He sets Sara to hunting an imaginary creature, unaware it is both real and far more dangerous than anyone could know.

Sara, too, though, has her own hidden depths.

She'll need them.

At the Institute she strikes up an unlikely friendship with Godsson, one of the world's most powerful mages - and an inmate. But when Sara's unique magic finally unfolds, Dr Harmon discovers the deadly consequences of creating an archetypal Huntress. While from a place far beneath reality, where Godsson helped slay the Enemy of Mankind, some thing, or things, have come hunting. And their first targets are Godsson, and Sara.


Length: 134,000 words (approx. 460 pages).

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About this title

About the Author

L. J. Kendall failed to drown on five separate occasions on Sydney's northern beaches. He worked in the IT R&D field while extremely happily married for 30 years to an adventurous mediaeval scholar 22 years his senior until her death in 2014. Leeth's story has been over 25 years in the making.

From the Inside Flap

What readers are saying about Wild Thing...

"If you are looking for something new and a little different to read then Wild Thing by Australian author L.J. Kendall might be worth a try. The novel is multi-dimensional with its genre blending elements of urban, paranormal and fantasy[...] It helps when a book is extremely well-written and the use of descriptive language excellent. Images are cold and cruel and even brutal. Our heroine is a strange mixture of child and chilling adult."

"Very dark with sexual overtones so maybe not for everyone, but extremely well written. Great characters, plot development the whole enchilada!"

"Sara's story is both compelling and disturbing. I started reading it and was almost immediately sucked into her world. The story is great and I read it all in one sitting."

"I enjoyed the original spin on magic meets an industrial, technological society. I tend to favor a story with strong but not perfect and unbeatable characters and this novel filled that bill. The adept, strong but seriously flawed characters were truly enjoyable."

"This book is excellent at keeping the reader's interest in what will happen next. You are also kept wondering what the characters will do next, as the story is rife with morally ambiguous motivations."

"Intriguing, thought provoking, disturbing, probably those and more. [...] The world is such a dark place right now, I have been [...] looking for happy feel good books, and this is definitely not one of those. I still couldn't stop reading it."

"This volume has lots of action [...]. It also has the internal dialog of a horror story. It is in many ways, a mystery. There is a small amount of sex, but in such a fashion that it could never be called romance. This is a very strange Paranormal story."

"This book is going to be divisive. It's well written, but the main character is put through a terrible and sad journey. If you are the kind of reader that hates Lolita you will hate this book. [...] Don't read this if you don't like seeing characters doing nasty things. Do read it if you want a well written sci fi/fantasy/horror story with some very dark characters."

"If you enjoy something that is dark, yet has flashes of ironic humor, complex characters with unusual abilities and some new ideas, give it a try."

"This is an entertaining first novel from L.J Kendall [...] There is a fresh and edgy feel about the world and the characters he has created. It's an impressively daring book in some ways because neither of the two main characters are all that likable. [...]. Congrats to the author by the way for actually making me hate a character, [...]. With Harmon you see it and feel it through his actions and unreliable thoughts. Ugh I HATE him!"

"Some books are [...] hard to review because they tear you in so many different directions that by the end you actually don't know what to think. This book is one such work. [...] if you like truly well developed and engaging characters you can emotionally connect to then this book DEFINITELY is for you."

"This book had me wanting more. I love the world the author created and the character of Sara."

"[...] this is a DARK story, told mostly through the eyes of a child who doesn't really understand the moral implications of what's going on. [...] The result is a very interesting psycho-drama for the reader as his morality gets repeatedly compromised and Sara (the girl) twists into something very bizarre under his grooming."

"The book is both graphic and not. A perverse innocence that is amazing. It's like a YA book written for a dirty old man. Not to say there is a lot of sex, but there is a raw sensuality that blasts forth at random. The plot takes twists and turns you cannot anticipate, but remains true to the core."

"A REALLY good book. All the elements of my favorite genres, combined in such a way that it could appeal to fans of any, as opposed to all, the represented genres. Sci Fi, dystopian, paranormal, fantasy are all represented in some form. Kendall does write about some touchy subjects, so I'd not suggest this for anybody under 18, but other than that, I say go for it!"

"The story starts a little slow, at first I wasn't sure if I was going to finish it. Then I became captivated by Sara... and then spellbound by its twists. Now after reading the second half of the book in one evening I will be thinking about it for quite some time, it has set a new bar for dark fantasy. Unsettling. [...] And right when you are comfortable, there is another twist."

"Very interesting book. The beginning was a bit shaky but once we get going, it's very fun. [...] To be able to enjoy this book, you do have to look past the very low morals of one of the main characters and try to understand that the main character is being CREATED. She is not normal but that is part of what makes this book and different and fun. Recommended to people tired of the same old same old of what urban fantasy has now become."

Edition details

• Publisher: L. J. Kendall
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1925430006
• ISBN 13: 9781925430004
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 430