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Wild-born (Psionic Pentalogy Book 1) Kindle Edition

by Adrian Howell (Author), Ayako Yamaguchi (Illustrator), Ray Ormandy (Editor) Format: Kindle Edition
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When young Adrian Howell discovers he possesses powerful telekinetic abilities, he is plunged into a sinister world of warring paranormal factions and terrifying government organizations. Adrian must discover what really happened to his missing sister. But to do this, he will first have to find his place among fugitives like himself, and protect the life of a deeply scarred child who can speak only through her mind... a child who will change Adrian's life forever.

Wild-born is the first book of Adrian Howell's Psionic Pentalogy: a supernatural adventure series with psychic children, teens and adults, telekinesis, telepathy, and many twists and turns in a harsh urban fantasy world.

Genre: Young Adult, Paranormal, Urban Fantasy

Wild-born was chosen as a FINALIST in the Kindle Book Review's 2013 Best Indie Book Awards Contest.

Check out what others are saying about Wild-born and the Psionic Pentalogy:
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“One of those troublesome ‘put the world on pause while I read’ books that gets so super-glued to your fingers that nothing else gets done.”

“I have read all five books and can honestly say that this is one of the best fantasy series I’ve ever read!”

“If you liked Maximum Ride you will love this.”

“The world Howell creates is vast and interesting, giving a sense of a full society. The themes he goes into are deep and well-done -- loyalty, family, duty, the ethics of war, forgiveness, perseverance and more are all given serious consideration.”

“Gripping adventure, well crafted with believable, likable characters.”

“This is the stuff movie makers and fans alike love to see. Harry Potter and X-Men caliber.”

“Captivates you from the first page, and takes you for a really great ride.”

“Phenomenal, exhilarating, a must read!”

Read all five books of Adrian Howell's Psionic Pentalogy in order:

Book One: Wild-born
Book Two: The Tower
Book Three: Lesser Gods
Book Four: The Quest
Book Five: Guardian Angel
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    11 - 18 years
  2. Book 1 of 5
    Psionic Pentalogy
  3. Print length
    283 pages
  4. Language
    English
  5. Publication date
    Dec 10 2012
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00AM1H5PK
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 9661 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
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  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 283 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
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Born of a Japanese mother and American father, Adrian Howell (pen name) was raised for a time in California and currently lives a quiet life in Japan where he teaches English to small groups of children and adults. Aside from reading and writing fiction, his hobbies include recumbent cycling, skiing, medium-distance trekking, sketching and oversleeping.

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4.3 out of 5 stars
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2,867 global ratings

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Ms. L. M. Egden
5.0 out of 5 stars but once over that hurdle I thoroughly enjoyed this book
Reviewed in Canada on May 21, 2017
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It took me a little while to warm to the author's writing style, but once over that hurdle I thoroughly enjoyed this book. I need to read the rest to find out what happens!
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Judy
4.0 out of 5 stars Great Book
Reviewed in Canada on January 29, 2017
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Don't usually read this type of book. But I'm glad I did. It starts out fairly slow and just hooks you in until you can't put it down. I will read the rest of the series and hope they are as good as the first one.
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ibillu
5.0 out of 5 stars Great read!!!
Reviewed in Canada on February 18, 2017
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Thoroughly enjoyed this book. Cared about the characters, had a fast pace for the action, loved the relationship between Adrian and Alia.
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Lorian Dowsett
3.0 out of 5 stars Three Stars
Reviewed in Canada on May 15, 2015
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Interesting story, needed to be faster paced.
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Chantall Strauss
5.0 out of 5 stars Well written
Reviewed in Canada on January 30, 2017
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It was a story that kept you reading and set itself apart because of the characters. Not your ordinary read.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Wildborn
Reviewed in Canada on January 29, 2017
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How could I not like a book about a telekinetic child? I admit to finding religious fanatics and others believable considering current events.
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Patricia L. Crown
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in Canada on November 29, 2017
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great book
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G J McKeever
4.0 out of 5 stars Poor kid
Reviewed in Canada on January 3, 2017
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A lot happens to Adrian, and I guess it is a warning if you really had telekinetic powers what might happen.
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Keith Hebbard
5.0 out of 5 stars It's not often i can't stop reading a book.
Reviewed in Australia on April 1, 2018
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this book keeps getting better the more you read, almost non-stop action and amusing characters with witty rejoinders frequent throughout.
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samgardner
5.0 out of 5 stars Impressive work, enjoyable, engaging and thought-provoking
Reviewed in the United States on July 30, 2014
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This is an excellent series; I've read all five and they remain consistently entertaining and thought-provoking. Howell (author) treats his characters with respect and gives them depth and complexity. On reading the last book, a post-script reveals that he wrote all of them before publishing any of them, giving him the opportunity to revise earlier books for consistency. He also had details for the characters that never actually even made it into the books, showing the comprehensive nature of his thought process while he was writing.

The themes he goes into are deep and well-done -- loyalty, family, duty, the ethics of war, forgiveness, perseverance and more are all given serious consideration. He doesn't use trite platitudes, and considers them from multiple angles and from different character's perspectives, giving a more profound treatment than you'd find in almost any YA book (at least any that would have any popularity).

The world Howell creates is vast and interesting, giving a sense of a full society. He might have furthered this by more fully developing the ideas behind the factions other than the Guardians and the Angels. However, there is a sense of a developed psion culture with social rules and expectations.

The action scenes are engaging and some have great visuals. Despite being a "powerful" psion, Adrian never becomes overpowered and there's always a sense that he could fail (and in fact, he often does fail).

There are deaths in this series, including some of primary characters. Because things are treated realistically, in an almost "gritty" way (in a good sense), this series has some dark parts and is probably suitable for kids who are at least 13. Older kids would benefit more from the themes anyway, and honestly I wouldn't be at all upset if this series showed up in a high school reading list -- besides being fun to read, it would be a great springboard for a lot of discussions.

All in all, this is probably one of the best series I've read in a long time.
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nicola steinhardt
3.0 out of 5 stars Interesting idea
Reviewed in Spain on September 13, 2015
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I like the book although it is a simple idea. Gaining magical powers and what might happen to you is an interesting concept
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4dipal
5.0 out of 5 stars wild Born a PSI scienze fiction
Reviewed in Italy on September 18, 2014
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Wild Born si legge tutto di un fiato, e non si può aspettare di leggere il seguito.
Era tanto che non veniva pubblicato un libro sui poteri PSI, e qui ci sono poteri per tutti i gusti.
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Laura
5.0 out of 5 stars To-date the best produced ebook I've read with a great story and characters
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 3, 2013
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The Psionic series is a pentalogy revolving around a highly detailed world of humans and Psionics. Psionics refer to people who have acquired extra mental capacities such as telekinesis, mind control and a whole range of completely original abilities too.

The Pentalogy follows the story of Adrian Howell who coincidentally shares the name of the author. (Henceforth if I refer to Howell I mean the author and Adrian, the character.) Adrian is just about thirteen years old in Book One: Wild-Born although because of his size most people think he is a lot younger. Throughout his younger years things just happened around him. Things fell off walls and shelves. Because it had always happened he thought it was normal. Until he went camping and people started to call him weird.

Imbued with curiosity and the imagination of a young child he starts to experiment. Nothing really comes of it until he has an accident. Lying in hospital recuperating his returns, out of boredom, to his experiments. For reasons he can't explain he simply can make things happen. Weakly at first he manipulates his environment. Then, out of hospital, his experiments become more ambitious to the delight of his younger sister, Cat.

Adrian has absolutely no idea the consequences of this sudden power, but he is about to find out. He is tortured by headaches more painful than he has ever known. Then one night, a storm blows in and upsets the entirety of his life as he has known it.

Howell's YA Urban Fantasy has enough gore, conspiracy and heart to appeal to the maturer reader also. It is set within our world but there is a secret undercurrent of warring factions and Psionics in hiding from various threats. Between the spaces of reality a whole world exists where anything is possible. A man with nightmares so powerful it shakes the very ground and warps anything near him; a entire underground operation that captures and tortures psionics to death or insanity, and an unlikely family that find and save each other.

There are many characters that populate just the first book, but each is rendered in such detail and with such empathy that regardless if they are a main character or a side character holding the door open for them on their way out, they feel as real and as tangible as anybody else.

The real action starts when the source of Adrian's headaches is explained. His whole world is turned upside down and a touching journey begins to bring his sister back to him. Howell maintains the pace without tiring the reader. Each setting is created with the same level of literary skill as the characters making for an entirely vivid read without getting too bogged down in the details.

The Psionic series is entirely self-published by Howell and to date it is the best produced e-book I have seen. Not even a typo has managed to escape the author's notice. It really is a pleasure to read a book that has had so much care taken over it.
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