O Dawn Arise

By David Ivan Holmes

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0805937951
• ISBN13: 9780805937954
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: Dorrance Pub Co
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 0.5" x 6.3"

Customer Reviews

A Tale of Many Worlds

David Ivan Holmes has written a brilliant, thought-provoking, and deeply human first work. His narrative art masters many worlds from anthropological futurism and science fiction to alternate reality and the profoundly spiritual. His plots are full of surprises on many levels, his characterizations as rich as anything in the genres today. Although his writing is occasionally uneven, these are worlds that I want to return to again and again, characters I regard as friends. A compelling read, but more than that--a vision of what might truly be and almost certainly is.

This book "drags" you into the action and holds you there!

I generally don't read science fiction, so this book was a new experience for me--making me realize how much I'm missing by not reading sci fi.The author takes you on a journey into the distant future, into a time where the earth was almost destroyed. Two groups of people remain: those who live on top of the earth, who are Native Americans; and those who live in extravagant underground cities to escape the poisonous gases on the surface of the earth. It's almost like history is repeating itself when Native Americans first inhabited North America, and the "white people" came and took over their land. The Native Americans only want to live in peace and to live off the land in harmony with all living things. The underground people, led by a ruthless leader, want to destroy life. From a place not of this world, a visitor comes, whose purpose is to save humanity from destruction. The white people name him Kenneth, and he lives with them for a time where he learns about their past and the plans of their leader.Then he goes to live with the Native Americans, where he's considered a "prophet," though deeply untrusted by many. He discovers that his goal on the planet earth is not only to save humanity, but also to translate an ancient book that has been handed down through the ages, that no one has been able to read for thousands of years.After twists and turns, constantly being kept on your toes, the book pulls all of its loose ends together for a dramatic end, where secrets of the universe are revealed.Each "world" that you inhabit while reading the book pulls you into that world with the realism and graphic depiction of those people. Then, you're taken to a new "world," the world of the Native Americans, for example, where the lifestyle is totally different, the beliefs are different, and once again, you're living in that world with them.The book is "clean" enough for older kids to enjoy, yet captivating and challenging enough for adults, both sci fi lovers and not.It makes you "think" about how it could really be with our world--what could happen if we keep on the same destructive path. Could this really be what happens to us one day in the not so distant future? Is this what we're headed for?Great read!