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ChandraLynn
Posted December 13, 2008
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Robert Elmer is a truly talented author, equally comfortable with tender adult fiction and creative youth science fiction. Trion Rising is the first book in The Shadowside Trilogy, his latest youth science fiction. With the same creative flair as The Pilgrim's Progress and Hind's Feet on High Places, Elmer's allegorical world will attract all ages.
Oriannon Hightower lives a comfortable life on the bright side of Corista. She only questions the rules and standards when she and her friend Margus are talking. When her father forbids her to remain friends with the boy because he isn't in their Class, Oriannon begins to question a little more. Then Jesmet comes to the school to teach music. His music, songs, and ideas are strange, beautiful, and dangerous. They go against everything she has ever been taught. But somehow they make sense. When she dares to stand up against the leadership of Corista, she finds herself running for her life and lost on the dark side of the planet. There she meets the people she was always told were animals and discovers a love that dwells in the heart and guides and protects even when disaster threatens. Oriannon must choose between tradition and what she knows is true of the cliff-dwelling people to save an entire nation and maybe her mentor, Jesmet.
Robert Elmer created a new world, new civilizations, new and old situations and brought the age-old battle between tradition and change into the story. Then, he added a special man who knew the heart of people to show them love and life. Sound familiar? This book is a great read. It will captivate youth who long for science fiction, fantasy worlds, and unique characters. And bring truth into the heart of the readers as they travel the journey with Oriannon, Margus, and Jesmet. I highly recommend it and am now eager to start book two in the trilogy, The Owling.
Anonymous
Posted August 29, 2008
Trion Rising is the first book in Robert Elmer¿s Shadowside trilogy. Oriannon Hightower of the Nyssa Clan is daughter to an elite member of Corista¿s ruling assembly. As such, she¿s always obeyed her father and the Codex, which is Elmer¿s Bible for his fictional world. But when a new music teacher, Master Jesmet, arrives and teaches them a new way to look at things, the assembly panics, banishing the so-called Faithbreaker for his law-breaking ways. Oriannon follows Master Jesmet to Shadowside and meets the Owling people who live there. She¿s always been taught nothing but animals live on the dark side of Corista, where the city¿s water supply comes from, but now that she knows the Owling people, she must do all she can to stop the assembly from destroying the Owlings. I enjoyed the unique analogies Elmer uses to tell this tale. Corista¿s modern conveniences make the story of Jesus easier to relate to for teens growing up in a world closer resembling one with reporters, lev-scooters, ear buds, and stun batons. Oriannon is a relatable character who makes a lot of good choices but is big enough to ask for forgiveness when she makes wrong ones. Recommended.
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Posted June 15, 2008
Trion Rising tells the story of Oriannon Hightower of Nyssa. She is the daughter of one of the respected elders of Corista. She also seems to be a magnet for trouble. Only trouble of her own doing. Along comes the substitute music teacher who teaches his students, including Oriannon, to play from the soul. But the teacher¿s unorthodox teachings grab bad attention from the elders who believe his teaching goes against the code they live by. It goes against the Codex, a sacred book with instructions from the Maker. Oriannon feels that the Elders have been unfair to their teacher, Jesmet. But it takes a trip to the Shadowlands, and friendships in that land to show Oriannon that perhaps the people of Corista, though they follow the Codex, are only going through the motions. She figures out that just like she plays her instrument from the soul, her devotion to following the Maker¿s instructions, lain down in the Codex, should be the same. And that is what Jesmet has been teaching the whole time. This book is one of the best sci-fi books I¿ve read. And I¿ll say I¿ve read quite a few. Robert Elmer¿s creativity brings a completely different world into view, but you can still identify with the characters and situations. Of course, they¿ve also got some pretty sweet gadgets to help them out! Besides all that, Elmer has brought into the story the message of salvation. But it¿s not only a message to non believers. Elmer shows Christ¿s unfailing love. It¿s not something that is just said but the actual emotion is shown in this book. Yes, we know Christ¿s love for us, or we wouldn¿t be able to say with assurance that one day we¿ll be in Heaven rejoicing in him. But sometimes God may seem impersonal, cold and distant to SOME people, instead of who He wants to be: a father and friend to you. Though Trion Rising is a fictionalized telling of Christ¿s sacrifice, I believed every bit of emotion to be true. And there is NO WAY anybody can read this book and not be touched. Believer and non-believer alike. It¿s a fun book to read with a great message. I give it a five out of five, or ten out of ten.
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Overview
What would it be like if Jesus had come to another planet?Oriannon is living the good life on the bright side of Corista, a small planet circling three suns. But things get crazy for the teen when a new music teacher arrives at her school with strange songs and even stranger ideas. Soon Oriannon is pressured to spy on her teacher, Jesmet, by using her powers to record everything she sees and hears.
Could Jesmet really be a faithbreaker, like Oriannon's friend Margus says? She's not so sure, but her life is turned upside-down when she loses her way on the dark side of the planet and is taken in by an odd, cliff-dwelling people. And when her new friends ...