Published: Dec. 29, 2009
Words: 138,675 (approximate)
Language: English

Short description

Rust is just one planet among many in the Empire of Human Unity. It's nothing special...except that it's home to an unknown boy who may be the most powerful Silent telepath ever born. For now, only Kendi Weaver of the Children of Irfan knows about the boy. But power like that can't remain hidden for long--and every government in the galaxy will be willing to go to war to control him.

Extended description

It is through first contact with an alien species that humanity learns of the Dream. It is a plane of mental existence where people are able to communicate by their thoughts alone--over distances of thousands of light-years. To ensure that future generations will have this ability, human genetic engineering produces newborns capable of finding and navigating the Dream.

They become known as the Silent.

Rust is just one planet among many in the Empire of Human Unity. It's nothing special, nothing unusual...except for the fact that it is home to an unknown boy who may be the most powerful Silent telepath ever born--a Silent with the ability to possess the bodies of others against their will. This mysterious child may be causing tremors within the Dream itself.

For now, only the Children of Irfan know about him. A monastic-like order of the Silent, the Children protect their members even as they barter their services with the governments and corporations that control known space. But .. (Read more) It is through first contact with an alien species that humanity learns of the Dream. It is a plane of mental existence where people are able to communicate by their thoughts alone--over distances of thousands of light-years. To ensure that future generations will have this ability, human genetic engineering produces newborns capable of finding and navigating the Dream.

They become known as the Silent.

Rust is just one planet among many in the Empire of Human Unity. It's nothing special, nothing unusual...except for the fact that it is home to an unknown boy who may be the most powerful Silent telepath ever born--a Silent with the ability to possess the bodies of others against their will. This mysterious child may be causing tremors within the Dream itself.

For now, only the Children of Irfan know about him. A monastic-like order of the Silent, the Children protect their members even as they barter their services with the governments and corporations that control known space. But power like that cannot be hidden, and soon every Silent in the universe will know about the boy--and every government will be willing to go to war to control him.

And if the Children of Irfan cannot find him first, the Dream itself may be shattered...
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Tags

fiction, action, space opera, science fiction, action adventure, telepathy, steven harper

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Review by: Victoria Caro on April 20, 2011 :
First, I should admit that space operas are not my type of genre. The only reason I chose to read this book was because of its common theme -dreams and telepathy- with my own book. I was simply curious to compare so was pleasantly surprised to be hooked from the beginning and enjoying an alien world that I would generally not be interested in. Having said that, strange alien-creatures showed up little and most characters, their conflicts and settings are very Earth-like, so that probably helped. There were some typos but they didn't really bother me since they were few and sparse. The only negative remark I'd add is that it seemed to dragged a little toward the end. The first half had my full attention, however, I found myself skimming through some 'slow' sections in the second half eager to get to the resolution of the story. Overall: an engaging read.
(reviewed long after purchase)

Review by: Kelly Sheehan on May 24, 2010 :
I have read both the Nightmare and Dreamer books in this series and am loving them. Can't wait to start on the other 2 books in the series. Probably the only critiscm I can give is that the spelling and grammer in both books needs to be looked at as there are missing words and some spelling mistakes. Don't know if its an american thing but you spell troops like that and not like in the book troupes. If this was sorted it would be great as it is distracting!!!
(reviewed long after purchase)

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