FMB Tours Presents: SHADOW ON THE WALL

Title: Shadow on the Wall

Series: The SandStorm Chronicles #1

Author: Pavarti K Tyler

Genre: Dark, Political, Speculative, Suspense, Magical Realism,

Publisher: Fighting Monkey Press

Ebook

Words: 55k

Purchase:  Amazon |

Book Description:

Recai Osman: Muslim, philosopher, billionaire and Superhero?

WINNER OF THE GENERAL FICTION/NOVEL CATEGORY OF THE 2012 NEXT GENERATION INDIE BOOK AWARDS!

Controversial and daring, Shadow on the Wall details the transformation of Recai Osman from complicated man to Superhero. Forced to witness the cruelty of the Morality Police in his home city of Elih, Turkey, Recai is called upon by the power of the desert to be the vehicle of change. Does he have the strength to answer Allah's call or will his dark past and self doubt stand in his way?

Pulling on his faith in Allah, the friendship of a Jewish father-figure and a deeply held belief that his people deserve better, Recai Osman must become The SandStorm.

Buy it. Read it. It was wonderful.  --Naif Al-Mutawa of the99.org

MY REVIEW:

As part of FMB Blog tour I agreed to read this book without really reviewing the synopsis to see if I would be interested.  I know you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover, but this one grabbed my attention, just like the story did. This was definitely not my usual read. I don’t particularly care for overly religious storylines and this one has just that.  However, the author did a very good job in building her characters and the world they live in. Based on the Turkish culture and the Islamic faith, this novel addresses some very controversial and difficult topics such as oppression of women, rape scenes and prolonged violence.

At times I found myself wanting to put this book down and not finish. However I kept thinking about it and wanted to know what was going to happen. I of course continued reading. 

The author did a wonderful job keeping the pace of the book going with lots of action. Her descriptions of the scenes were riveting, making me feel as if I was there experiencing it first hand, which at times was a bit overwhelming. I immediately grew to hate the RTK because they were so corrupt, their intimidation and brutal treatment of the people was horrifying yet accurate in how people tend to let even the tiniest bit of power go to their head.

Overall, this book really is a good read if you can handle cruelty and violence against women (including rape), racism and religion with a main character, on his faith, becomes a superhero rivaling Batman in his own avenging tortured dark soul way.

4 out of 5 stars

About the Author:

Pavarti K Tyler is an artist, wife, mother and number cruncher. She graduated Smith College in 1999 with a degree in Theatre. After graduation, she moved to New York, where she worked as a Dramaturge, Assistant Director and Production Manager on productions both on and off Broadway.

Later, Pavarti went to work in the finance industry as a freelance accountant for several international law firms. She now operates her own accounting firm in the Washington DC area, where she lives with her husband, two daughters and two terrible dogs. When not preparing taxes, she is busy penning her next novel.

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