Book review of Prophase

Book Blurb:

Become swept away into a world of light just beyond our perception. 

Piper Walker, a high school senior, has seen her share of hard times. At a young age, she lost her mother to breast cancer shortly after her brother Charlie was born. Raising her baby brother under the wrathful eye of an abusive and alcoholic father, she relies heavily on her small, but tight core of friends. Lisa, her best friend from kindergarten, and Chris, her longtime boyfriend, help to keep her above water. Along with her friends, Piper’s elderly neighbor, Ester, and her lynx point Siamese cat, Jazz, become the extended family she never had. 

Even before her mom died, Piper always felt different. She was opposite of her popular best buddy Lisa, and didn’t enjoy doing what most other teenage girls liked to do. She wasn’t much for fixing up and thought hanging out was boring. Music and nature were her muses. Piper grew up next to a forest with countless paths, one of which led to the high school; the others to myriad of seasonal wonders. Piper spent countless hours in the woods exploring and finding solace in the trees, wild flowers, and every kind of animal. Although somewhat shy and insecure of her voice, Piper was lead vocals and a passionate bass player for a garage band called ‘The Coat Tails’ that consisted of Lisa, Chris, and their close friend Josh. Having never sounded better, they were sure to win the senior talent show.
After a Spring Fling dance, a near-death experience prematurely rebirths Piper to her destiny, for not even she knows who she really is. Her identity has remained buried deep for her protection. She awakens to a dimension where light laden with emotions emits from everything around her. Overnight, Piper and her world are transformed into something radically different. What she thought was real was only the beginning, a thin veneer to actual reality. Universal truths are turned upside down. She wakes to a magical world with an ancient history and kingdoms of races. Life becomes way more beautiful, complex, and breathtaking than she ever imagined.

A menagerie of supernatural and metallic gleaming mythical characters come to assist Piper to take her first steps in her new world and keep her safe. The realm of brilliant auras, feelings, and endless color surround her creating a language she doesn’t understand. She begins a long journey to discovering and mastering her powers and senses that defy fantasy. Riding gravity waves, casting spells, and leaping to exotic locations become her new curriculum. 

However, amongst the Eden lies a fatal danger. For centuries, a tyrannical rule has suppressed and strangled the enchanted world she is now part of. A most brilliant Guardian, named Eli, and his council, the Arbitri, have become the only voice. Evolution has stopped. Only Piper has the power to bring about change. 
Amongst the unspeakable beauty, unknown danger, and the desire to find out who she really is, Piper stumbles upon an unexplainable, first-time love that becomes the only thing that she can cling to in her stormy and unexpected life. From the first time his voice dances on her ear drums, she is taken by something wonderfully unreal.
Piper now must juggle her two worlds – and disguise her increasing abilities and morphing appearance while attempting to be the slightly nerdy teenager everyone knows. 
This story captivates the imagination with the beauty of nature and the celebration of love, life, and light – and the power of one girl.

My Review

Piper Walker the protagonist of the story is a high school girl whose life is like every other girl but with a few twists and turns. Without her mom who died she is left under the custody of his father and takes care of her younger brother. She does all the household chores. What frustrates her more that her father is a drunk and never takes care of her or his brother.

Piper has a boyfriend from school, Chris who is the most handsome guy. All the girls at school have a huge crush on him. But one unfortunate day Chris breaks up with her. On one night at party she finds him with another girl and dashes out of the party. Lisa, John and Piper leave the party on the road back home when they meet with an accident.

Miraculously they survive the accident and it is then Piper discovers that she has supernatural powers. Things take a tide from there on and she finds that she is all powerful and has to restore the balance of the worlds. Mystery now starts surrounding the story and new worlds are unravelled to her within a short span of time. She discovers who she is and how the world around her will change even after her friends are gone. Luckily she has guardian angels who will help her in the journey of safeguarding the world.

The pace of the story is great and the element of surprise is what will make you fall in love with the book. The author has done a great job in getting the attention of the reader with the twists and turn in the story. Magic and fantasy genre stories are a must read for me and this book kept me spellbound till the very last page. The author has duly justified the genre with his awesome writing skills.

It is a great book for all ages. This is the first book in the Mitosis series. Wish to read more books of the series.

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About the author

Mitchel Street is an avid storyteller with an innate passion for fiction writing. He was raised in rural Wisconsin near the shores of Lake Michigan across from a small forest that became his second home. As an adult, M. Street has lived on the East Coast in Boston, on the West Coast in San Jose, and now resides South, in the great city of Austin, TX. A love for nature, art, spirituality, and science has been his foundation. 

He has been fortunate to have been adopted by cats, dogs, birds, frogs, turtles, and Monarch butterflies. His professional background is rooted in Engineering having earned a graduate degree in Computer Engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and is technically published (under a different name). He is currently creating Metaphase and Anaphase, the follow-on to Prophase, part of the Mitosis series.