Someone Is Watching

by Mark A. Roeder

Someone Is Watching is a novel of suspense, intrigue, steamy romance, and love. Someone Is Watching. Someone Knows. It was a nightmare come true for seventeen-year-old Ethan. Who is the mysterious note-writer, the secret tormentor? Who is the enemy that hides among Ethan's friends and teammates? Who holds Ethan's secret over his head, threatening to destroy his entire world?Someone Is Watching is the story of a young high school wrestler who must...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1456559974
• ISBN13: 9781456559977
• Release Date: January 2011
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 270 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 7 to 18 years
• Grade Range: Grade 2 to Postsecondary

Customer Reviews

Someone Is Watching

Mark A Roeder has written a book that is a suspenceful page turner. I found it hard to put down, when I started reading it. It is a heartfelt exploration of what it's like to be gay and trying to hide it from yourself and those around you. Nathan just wants to love and be loved. His life becomes a nightmare when someone starts leaving threatening notes in his locker at school. He also has to deal with the suicides of two of his friends who were outed. There are several heart pounding edge of your seat scenes in the boook. I loved this book from cover to cover and was sad that it ended. Nathans journey to excepting himself is a hard one, but worth it. Will he find out who his tormentor is and why he is being tormented? Will he find true love? Read Someone Is Watching and find out for yourself. You'll be glad you did. The good thing is this book is just one in a series of books known as The Gay Youth Chronicles. Gays and non gays of all ages will find these rewarding.

great story

This, the second book in Mark's Verona series, is a very good story about a young athlete coming out of the closet (really kind of forced out of the closet) to all his athlete friends. That revelation would usually cause the boy to be beaten up, but previous events (from "Ancient Prejudice") cause most all of the student body to accept him and his lifestyle. Maybe it's not totally realistic, as some of the reviewers whine, but it's a good story, and I love happy endings. A must read for everyone who is open to diversity in people.

Suspenseful and a reward

This book, about a high school jock just discovering his feelings towards other boys takes a spooky turn when he begins recieving notes in his locker from somebody who apparently has figured out the secret even he just realized about himself. AS he tries to keep a semblance of normalcy he begins to try to figure out who is doing this to him? A friend joking? a girl angry at him? and what about that new Ranch hand his uncle hired who always looks so sad?A big more upbeat than his first book "Antient Prejudice Break to New Mutiny" with a nice reward at the end for those hopeless romantics out there. I recomend this one for a rainy weekend.

A refreshing tale of love and emotion, no smut here!!

This book should be celebrated along with its author!! It is so refreshing to read about the emotional journey of fear, anger, love, and acceptance from a purely intellectual and emotional standpoint. So many works of gay fiction focus on the physical world of desire, flesh, and sex. In "Someone is watching" we learn of the intense struggle Nathan is forced to go through within himself and the people close to him. The author explains the emotions he expierences with amazing clarity. You can't help but fall in love with this character. He first struggles to discover his true self and then is made to defend this new identity in the face of intense opposition only to find true love and acceptance in the end. I laughed and cried right along with him in remeberence of my own journey to self awareness. This book is only one out of the many pieces of fiction I've read that even remotely resembles my life and I am greatly appreciative of the author for representing a lost segment of our community. A must read for sure, especially amoung the younger members of our population.