“This blend of urban and cross-world fantasy combines the excitement of the Harry Potter series with the dark grittiness of the Dresden Files books and should appeal to mature young adults as well as to adult lovers of the genre.” —Library Journal (August 2013)
"Combines crossover fantasy in the style of Charles de Lint and Mercedes Lackey with urban fantasy reminiscent of Jim Butcher in a hard-knocks action tale,"—Library Journal (2011)
"Lazellari's debut fantasy foretells a promising career. Read Awakenings and get in on the ground floor with a great new writer," —Glen Cook
"AWAKENINGS is a weird, wild adventure that heralds the arrival of a new voice in the field of science fantasy. Edward Lazellari is a talent to watch with high expectations." —Ben Bova
"This solid debut will appeal to fantasy fans looking for familiar bones under a modern skin." —Publishers Weekly
"A thoroughly entertaining read with a cast that you can really get behind and root for"—Graeme's Fantasy Book Review
Cal MacDonnell is a happily married New York cop with a loving family. Seth Raincrest is a photographer whose self-involved nature has alienated even his closest friends. They have nothing in common—except that they suffer from retrograde amnesia. It's as if they just appeared out of thin air thirteen years ago, and nothing has been able to restore their memories. Now that forgotten past has caught up to them with a vengeance.
Cal and Seth's lives are turned upside down as they are stalked by otherworldly beings who know their past identities, intent on killing them and anyone who gets in their way. In the balance hangs the life of a child who might someday restore a broken empire to peace and prosperity. With no clue why they're being hunted, they must accept the aid of a strange, beautiful woman who's promised to unlock their secrets. Cal and Seth must stay alive long enough to protect their loved ones, recover their true selves—and save two worlds from tyranny and destruction. |