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The Rites of Pretending Tribe [MultiFormat]
eBook by John Dimes
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eBook Category: Fantasy/Young Adult
eBook Description:  The children of the town of Asidelene are stricken with a bizarre sleeping sickness, save for one boy, Jarred, who does not easily succumb to the malady--for he knows its cause. It is the Pretending Tribe: Long Nails, the gentle giant with the bejewelled nails; Lord Fritter, the rascally speedster; Withershins the pickpocket; Batik, the dark lady; and their regal master Flicker, whose power alone holds sway over the minds and dreams of all the children. Jarred is pursued by the Tribe, but is eventually, and safely companioned by several otherworldly individuals: The Lady Celeste Regent, a kindly practitioner of magic more than witch; the empathically gifted Abigail Ahern; the learned Noto Patria, and the mystical entity Mr. Home, a denizen from an eldritch and beneficial realm called Amodie Caboe, The Common Wheel. Mr. Home and his team of fellow magicians concoct a plan to overthrow Flicker and his Pretending Tribe, but Flicker proves to be a far more cunning adversary than they ever realize, for he is a most deceptively convincing character. His powers, and his promises, are most seductive. Want to be a pirate? Want to be a knight? Want to fly? Certainly one can, if one chooses to come unto him. Whatever, whereever, whomever one wishes to be is all there for the asking. Can all be fully realized there in slumber. All one has to do is submit to the community of dreamers, and the vastness of Flicker's dream. No one--but no one--is ever excluded--much to everyone's delight and detriment. This surreal and imaginative tale whimsically explores the themes of awkward and misunderstood youth, the importance of strong familial bonds, power and its misuse, and the capacity for compassion for even the wiliest of characters.
eBook Publisher: Zumaya Publications, Published: 2007
Fictionwise Release Date: April 2007
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Available eBook Formats [MultiFormat - What's this?]: eReader (PDB) [289 KB]
, ePub (EPUB) [304 KB]
, Rocket/REB1100 (RB) [246 KB]
, Adobe Acrobat (PDF) [847 KB]
, Palm Doc (PDB) [276 KB]
, Microsoft Reader (LIT) [269 KB]
, Franklin eBookMan (FUB) [292 KB]
, hiebook (KML) [640 KB]
, Sony Reader (LRF) [375 KB]
, iSilo (PDB) [227 KB]
, Mobipocket (PRC) [284 KB]
, Kindle Compatible (MOBI) [354 KB]
, OEBFF Format (IMP) [377 KB]
Words: 81541
Reading time: 232-326 min.
Microsoft Reader (LIT) Format: Printing DISABLED, Read-Aloud ENABLED
Adobe Acrobat (PDF) Format: Printing DISABLED, Read-Aloud DISABLED
All Other formats: Printing DISABLED, Read-aloud DISABLED
ISBN: 9781934135303
 
A winged creature, slender and black, launched out of the trees and plunged toward them.
"Kia!" urged the boy.
Horse was mildly irritated by the unneeded prodding. Surely, he understood the danger that came after them, if not in name then appearance.
"Hello, boy."
"Aye, aaaaah--Batik!" wailed the child.
Batik. The Dark Lady. Tall, she was. Slender and dressed almost entirely in leather. She wore a cape that bore more than a passing resemblance to and had the consistency of charred greasy meat and thick black smoke. It flowed on forever behind her as she soared at them and smiled with her filed teeth and her devilishly gleeful eyes that dove in impishly toward her nose.
"Ah, you always were a cheater," she said.
The lad, frantic: "Horse, if you know where the edge out of here is I beg you please to use it."
"I know how to cheat, too, dear boy." Batik rubbed her talon-like hands together, and she soared faster at them. She reached out for them.
"Faster, Horse. Faster. If she touches you..."
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