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Sands of Time (Shadow People Book 1) Kindle Edition

by Jo Robinson (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.2 4.2 out of 5 stars 13 ratings
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After Natalie and Gabe discover a hidden room, they are hurled across time and space, and find themselves on Lapillus, a beautiful world made up of precious gems. But they soon realise that Lapillus is home to an ancient evil when they are attacked by the demonic wraiths of the Nefandus.
They find themselves thrown together with a group of beings vastly different to them in this lifetime, but closely connected through the aeons. They realise that the prophesies of all have come to fruition, and that without their intervention the fate of the universe is at stake.
With the guidance of the angelic Gluri and the help of the mysterious sentient spacecraft, the Vimana, the race is on to find out what the Nefandus want, and prevent evil from winning the battle of all time.
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    January 7, 2014
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00BCL91EC
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Weaverback Press (January 7, 2014)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ January 7, 2014
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 1089 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 ‏ : ‎ 212 pages
  • Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ 1494947226
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.2 4.2 out of 5 stars 13 ratings

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4.2 out of 5 stars
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Ann Mullen
5.0 out of 5 stars Very good!
Reviewed in the United States on August 8, 2013
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Fantasy/Sci-fi/Paranormal, this one has it all. It was well written with very good character development, and it held my interest all the way through the book. A heroine who turns into a dynamo is always a good thing. I will be looking for more of Jo Robinson's books.
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T.A. Walters
4.0 out of 5 stars Great Fantasy SciFi with a bit of a twist.
Reviewed in the United States on April 14, 2013
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I loved the writing style of this author, but in this SciFi tale (which kept me glued into the story) was a sense of feminine intuition over a scenario of a lack of backup testosterone.

This is a story told by Natalie, whose husband Gabe, is a cracker jack handyman of no means. (I should have seen the warning there), w the author explained that, her husband loved to take stuff apart to see how it works but after having done so left it apart whence finding out how it works! Loveable as a boyish mannerism goes ... that is as far as it goes. Poor Gabe and his friend Brian have no backbones it seems. The once squeamish Natalie soon becomes the persona of Laura Croft. Not that I dislike Laura Croft (nor Angelina Jolie) for that manner, but the transition from squeamish to prolific is inexplicable.

I will admit; for my literary fiction tastes, this was a challenge to wit I did enjoy immensely and look forward to what other comments are derived from a fascinating glimpse into the paranormal scifi fantasy. I found it interesting what a talented literary fiction writer would handle such a story. I think Robinson does rather well in characterization and plotting.

I would have only rated this novel as three stars but because of how well-written it was and the fact that I am not a fan of fantasy; I felt I was not doing the fantasy cult a fair shake if I had seen it as a three star review.

So I will be checking back on this book to see how fantasy readers rate this. I am certain it will be interesting.
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Marsha Jeanne Thalleen
4.0 out of 5 stars Descriptive
Reviewed in the United States on September 24, 2018
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Shadow People (The Finding) by Jo Robinson is a really well done science fiction/fantasy. It has colorful, imaginative descriptions with complex characters. I was please with the strong female lead, but her strength was derived from the weakness of the men. That was disappointing, but the story line is strong and consistent. Robinson created some really nice worlds through the solidly descriptive language.
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WeaverGrace
4.0 out of 5 stars Intelligent mythical fantasy
Reviewed in the United States on January 17, 2015
Jo Robinson transports me to worlds that she knows intimately, and that are completely unfamiliar to me. This book moved me to a mythical fantasy world.

I have a hard time getting into fantasy. I have a hard time conjuring and relating to bird beings that aren't birds, horse-like beings with wings, and other mythical creatures that I am not previously acquainted with, especially when they have fanciful names that I can't keep straight. I took notes, and studied them, and still could not remember who was who in the foreign land.

One fantastic character whom I was able to visualize was Voxavi. Jo described him in a way that stuck with me. I could see him vividly, even though I could only vaguely see the other fantasy characters.

However, even though I didn't absorb parts of the story, I found it absorbing overall. She gave me a vivid image of each place. I caught the visual details of the action scenes clearly; the movement was as logical as if it occurred on a chess board. She clearly presented the complexity of the story, which is intricate with detail and reality warps. I regret that I didn't get to know each character as well as I would have liked, but I did not feel like this caused me to miss a significant part of the story.

Beyond the mythical fantasy characters, or should I say, along the way to them, the main character finds that she is able to communicate with a creature whose species was extinct and had reincarnated as spaceships. Thanks, Jo for stretching my sense of the possible.

I especially liked that she described their space transportation as "more of a transference than a trip." I also admire the way that her human characters learned to remember previous lives in remote places, and harmonize those memories with their awarenesses of their current states.

I did not like the Creation Story that this book included. Its emphasis was on a masculine God that was overpowered by evil.

What really impresses me about this book (and my conversations with Jo) is that she persuades me that each element is potentially realistic. Her literature is not about the wild stuff that my friends and I came up with in elementary school. She is a scholar who thinks outside the box, and lets her imagination go as far as it wants with "What if..." based on cutting-edge science hypotheses.

The author provided me a free copy of this book, and did not ask me for a review.
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Jjspina
5.0 out of 5 stars Sci-fi Action, Adventure, Thriller!
Reviewed in the United States on March 29, 2015
Shadow People is an exciting adventure into other worlds when a young couple purchase a house and find a hidden room. This strange room is a wormhole to other dimensions. They venture forth and meet alien beings and realize that they are connected to these aliens in ways too hard to comprehend. The couple who go on this adventure, Natalie and Gabe, find themselves and their world in great dangers from evil forces. They must draw power and strength from their past to survive.

There is more to this story than just aliens and good over evil. The author weaves a little mysticism and spiritualism into the tale that will keep the reader thinking long and hard after finishing the story. This is book 1 and just the beginning of more exciting adventures to come.
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Chris Graham
5.0 out of 5 stars A genre multiverse epic of a story
Reviewed in the United States on July 16, 2013
The author has incorporated so many genre in this story, the only way it can be described is by putting it into a class all of its own - Paranormal / Supernatural / Metaphysical / Science Fiction / Fantasy (PSMSFF).
Far from being a mishmash, it is skilfully written, with a well planned start which feels creepy (like a haunted house is creepy), then a dimensional leap (literally) finds the heroine and TWO muscular men (forget a love issue, it's not going to happen - with them at least), discovering a world that sounds familiar enough to science fiction fans, but the denizens they meet will have supernatural horror AND fantasy fans leaping from their chairs!
Metaphysical aspects? - read the book, even theology fans / critics get their share of the action.
A wonderfully encompassing, gripping read you will grudge spending time away from to eat, sleep or drink, so settle down with food, drinks and a blanket and prepare to be well entertained.
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Chris Graham
5.0 out of 5 stars A genre multiverse epic of a story
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 17, 2013
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The author has incorporated so many genre in this story, the only way it can be described is by putting it into a class all of its own - Paranormal / Supernatural / Metaphysical / Science Fiction / Fantasy (PSMSFF).
Far from being a mishmash, it is skilfully written, with a well planned start which feels creepy (like a haunted house is creepy), then a dimensional leap (literally) finds the heroine and TWO muscular men (forget a love issue, it's not going to happen - with them at least), discovering a world that sounds familiar enough to science fiction fans, but the denizens they meet will have supernatural horror AND fantasy fans leaping from their chairs!
Metaphysical aspects? - read the book, even theology fans / critics get their share of the action.
A wonderfully encompassing, gripping read you will grudge spending time away from to eat, sleep or drink, so settle down with food, drinks and a blanket and prepare to be well entertained.
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Lucy Pireel
4.0 out of 5 stars Loved the world and characters
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 16, 2013
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It has been a while since I've read a sci-fi novel which I really enjoyed, mainly because it is hard to create a world and characters believable enough for the book not to become a laughing matter. The author of this one has balanced outlandish creatures, a new, strange, world, and technology which is real enough not to be thrown off by while reading the mind blowing adventures.
She also weaves in metaphysical elements into the story, but in a way that makes sense, because it is in essence about the ongoing battle between good and evil. Each and every action and reaction is neatly connected and leads us deeper into the story.
At first it reminded me of Avatar, but soon enough the author led me away from that thought by the way she gave her characters and worlds a signature of their own.
The only downside I can find is that however we know it all ends well, the author could have worked out the end a bit more. Don't get me wrong the end is very satisfactory, but seems `rushed'.
All in all I am not a real fan of serialised novels, but seeing this is a stand-alone novel and we can either choose to read the next one or not, I will want to read the next one to. Because being honest, I want to know how the main character solves her next task.
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