Published: Feb. 14, 2012
Words: 52,229 (approximate)
Language: English
ISBN: 9781465802149

Short description

Tory’s life in Los Angeles is normal, recognizable, tolerable. Barely. A package arrives and suddenly the familiar morphs to strangeness, safety into menace. She must navigate the mysteries around her, try to understand her new reality before the violence surrounding the package destroys her and her friends.

Extended description

For Tory, working and living in Los Angeles is the okay of times and the not-so-great of times. Manageable. Tolerable. Acceptable. Barely.

That is until an unexpected package appears on her doorstep. Its arrival jolts her out of that comfort zone. Strangers, unpleasant and violent, come hunting for the Package. They make clear to Tory that not giving it to them will have consequences. As one of the interested parties remarks, “I would not undervalue safety. Like so many things in life, it is most desirable when it cannot be found.” The Package though is not all that it appears. Handing it over proves problematic. Then, what is already difficult morphs into being very near to impossible.

The sudden dangers threaten the familiar confines of Tory’s job in software development. She discovers at her office, allies, even friends, who were unknown. As she explores the city that becomes stranger and more perilous, she finds someone new, someone very different. An ally? Or perhaps som.. (Read more) For Tory, working and living in Los Angeles is the okay of times and the not-so-great of times. Manageable. Tolerable. Acceptable. Barely.

That is until an unexpected package appears on her doorstep. Its arrival jolts her out of that comfort zone. Strangers, unpleasant and violent, come hunting for the Package. They make clear to Tory that not giving it to them will have consequences. As one of the interested parties remarks, “I would not undervalue safety. Like so many things in life, it is most desirable when it cannot be found.” The Package though is not all that it appears. Handing it over proves problematic. Then, what is already difficult morphs into being very near to impossible.

The sudden dangers threaten the familiar confines of Tory’s job in software development. She discovers at her office, allies, even friends, who were unknown. As she explores the city that becomes stranger and more perilous, she finds someone new, someone very different. An ally? Or perhaps someone with an agenda all his own. With a simple touch and a slight breath, he layers more mystery upon her.

As Tory struggles to reveal what the Package is and why so many people desire it, she finds friendship, love, dreams. If only she can survive, her life might just evolve beyond the barely bearable.

Packaged by Leslie R. Lee weaves elements of the surreal into every day Los Angeles.
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Tags

fantasy, dreams, surreal fiction, dreams and reality, speculative ficition

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Review by: Allan Saw on April 23, 2012 : (no rating)
In these days of cheap (and indeed free) eBooks this is a gem. Strong characters, tight dialogue and a wonderfully weird storyline make this an irresistible read.
(reviewed long after purchase)

Review by: Marian Allen on March 21, 2012 :
This is an amazing book. It begins as an ordinary woman starts her ordinary day. Then oddities crop up. They become more and more odd until.... You know how sometimes you're dreaming, and you suddenly REALIZE you're dreaming? That's what happened as I read this book. The character isn't dreaming, but the reader is.

Lee has done something I would never have thought possible, something that enchanted me and delighted me over and over: he has written a book that follows dream logic, a book that is both amorphous and coherent.

Buy this book, folks. You're welcome.
(reviewed within a month of purchase)

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