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The Seventh Wave
Callum is a thief and on one of his jobs he enters a strange house with deadly guardians ... he escapes but in doing so he triggers a sequence of events which ensure he is a marked man, to be hunted down and killed. He has also met Sam, a freelance journalist researching the owner of the house, the wealthy Sebastian Cervantes, and his empire.
Sebastian is the head of The Club, a group dedicated to bringing the Great Ones into our world, enabling the members to share in the spoils of absolute power. A surge of energy, The Seventh Wave, will soon carry the Great Ones through the fabric of time and space into our world; only a small group of people stand between the Great Ones and their designs on the Earth. But the members of Helix are being picked off one by one and the group is severely compromised. Callum and Sam find themselves thrown in the deep end, desperately trying to survive and develop their latent magical abilities in a race against time. If they lose, so do we all. Cervantes must be stopped ...
Sebastian is the head of The Club, a group dedicated to bringing the Great Ones into our world, enabling the members to share in the spoils of absolute power. A surge of energy, The Seventh Wave, will soon carry the Great Ones through the fabric of time and space into our world; only a small group of people stand between the Great Ones and their designs on the Earth. But the members of Helix are being picked off one by one and the group is severely compromised. Callum and Sam find themselves thrown in the deep end, desperately trying to survive and develop their latent magical abilities in a race against time. If they lose, so do we all. Cervantes must be stopped ...
- GenresFantasy
416 pages, Paperback
First published February 1, 2011
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Paul Garrety
4 books16 followersPaul Garrety is a writer with bite, magic and edge. He also works for a large insurance company, hence, why he writes! He is a qualified yoga teacher in both the kundalini and hatha styles. He has won numerous awards for his short stories.
Paul is the author of the Helix Prophesy Series published by Harper Voyager. The first book, "The Seventh Wave" was released in early 2011 and the second, The Emerald Tablets" is due out in September.
Paul lives on the beautiful Gold Coast with his delicious wife Annie. There you can find him writing, meditating, practising yoga or bushwalking. Sometimes a combination of some of the above.
Paul is the author of the Helix Prophesy Series published by Harper Voyager. The first book, "The Seventh Wave" was released in early 2011 and the second, The Emerald Tablets" is due out in September.
Paul lives on the beautiful Gold Coast with his delicious wife Annie. There you can find him writing, meditating, practising yoga or bushwalking. Sometimes a combination of some of the above.
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May 14, 2011
A decent read with a Cup-A-Soup in bed on a sick day! (part 1)
October 11, 2011
I received this book as part of a goodreads first reads giveaway. Great to see some new Australian talent out there.
I really enjoyed this book. I loved that it is a grown up witchcraft tale instead of another teen high school one (although I do still love my YA fiction), it was nice to have adult leading characters in this genre.
The story didn’t grab me straight away. The beginning is a bit erratic and all-over-the-place but after a couple of chapters, when the main characters get settled in, it finds a balance and begins to grab a hold of the reader.
Chock-full of magic and adventure with loads of action. Callum is a good strong character and Cervantes is a great bad guy. Love the thievery and deception. I do think, however, that terming Karalla as being a “vampire” is unnecessary. Would be better that it were just another magical entity, but that’s just me – I am a fan of the classic vampire construct. The final wave scene was well composed and the ending had an interesting twist. Curious to see where this story goes in the sequel.
I really enjoyed this book. I loved that it is a grown up witchcraft tale instead of another teen high school one (although I do still love my YA fiction), it was nice to have adult leading characters in this genre.
The story didn’t grab me straight away. The beginning is a bit erratic and all-over-the-place but after a couple of chapters, when the main characters get settled in, it finds a balance and begins to grab a hold of the reader.
Chock-full of magic and adventure with loads of action. Callum is a good strong character and Cervantes is a great bad guy. Love the thievery and deception. I do think, however, that terming Karalla as being a “vampire” is unnecessary. Would be better that it were just another magical entity, but that’s just me – I am a fan of the classic vampire construct. The final wave scene was well composed and the ending had an interesting twist. Curious to see where this story goes in the sequel.
May 6, 2017
Interesting book...
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To say the least, I'm like
The beginning was so good! Wait, correct that, the middle was so good! Because the first few chapters were actually quite confusing and rather badly written I would say. It jumped around far too many characters.
So yes, the middle part was the most interesting. There seemed to be about three different themes playing about, the main one: F.E.A.R.
The ending:
The good guys lose, the bad guys? Well, one bad guy is dead I'm pretty sure. The others that took over, I'm not sure that they have the same plan as the other dude? Or maybe. It's weird and confusing.
Kind of a silly book over all.
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To say the least, I'm like
The beginning was so good! Wait, correct that, the middle was so good! Because the first few chapters were actually quite confusing and rather badly written I would say. It jumped around far too many characters.
So yes, the middle part was the most interesting. There seemed to be about three different themes playing about, the main one: F.E.A.R.
The ending:
The good guys lose, the bad guys? Well, one bad guy is dead I'm pretty sure. The others that took over, I'm not sure that they have the same plan as the other dude? Or maybe. It's weird and confusing.
Kind of a silly book over all.
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December 17, 2015Katharine is a judge for the Sara Douglass 'Book Series' Award. This entry is the personal opinion of Katharine herself, and does not necessarily reflect the opinion of any judging panel, the judging coordinator or the Aurealis Awards management team.
I won't be recording my thoughts (if I choose to) here until after the AA are over.
I won't be recording my thoughts (if I choose to) here until after the AA are over.
November 27, 2011
After a very slow, fragmented start, the book improved and by 200 pages in I was quite enjoying it. Ending let it down though.
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