Monday, September 28, 2015

BOOK REVIEW: “Seventh Dimension – The King: A Young Adult Fantasy,” Five Stars from Readers’ Favorite Reviewer Emily-Jane Hills Orford



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Daniel is a teenager with an unusual talent: he can read people's thoughts. He's also a young Jewish boy living in 2015, one with a troubled past that is marred by disappearances and deaths of loved ones that ultimately sent him to a psychiatric facility for rehabilitation. He quickly learns that rehabilitation isn't something that science can fix and he leaves in frustration, only to return home and have his world literally disintegrate around him. That's when he travels back in time to the first century, to an Israel that is totally foreign and a life that challenges not only his well being, but also his shattered beliefs, his shattered faith. Daniel crosses paths with Jesus of Nazareth. 
 
He meets others from this time period, good people and not-so-good people, and he chooses diverse paths in the misconception that money will solve his problems. In the end, he loses all that he earns in this first century world, justifying a need to find a purpose, to reclaim his Jewish faith and heritage, and to come to understand this person - this rabbi, this teacher, this healer - that people are claiming is the Son of God. 

Lorilyn Roberts has written a thrilling time travel story that will inspire young readers to look into themselves to discover their beliefs and their faith, and to strengthen their passion to follow their God. This is a page-turning thriller, a coming-of-age time travel fantasy that challenges a young man's faith and belief in God.


BOOK AWARD AND PRESS RELEASE: Reader’s Favorite Recognizes “Seventh Dimension - The King” in Its 2015 International Book Award Contest.



For Immediate Release:  September 28, 2015

Readers’ Favorite recognizes Seventh Dimension - The King in its 2015 International Book Award Contest.

The 2015 Readers’ Favorite International Book Award Contest featured thousands of contestants from over a dozen countries.

Gainesville, FL.  Readers' Favorite has become the fastest-growing book review and award contest site on the Internet. They have earned the respect of renowned publishers like Random House, Simon & Schuster, and Harper Collins, and have received the “Best Websites for Authors” and “Honoring Excellence” awards from the Association of Independent Authors. They are also very proud to be fully accredited by the BBB (A+ rating), which is a rarity among Book Review and Book Award Contest companies.

In addition to reviewing for some of the biggest names in the literary industry, as well as the first-time independent author, they host a respected award contest that features entries from new authors to NYT best-sellers, as well as celebrities like Jim Carrey and Henry Winkler.

“Readers’ Favorite is proud to announce that Seventh Dimension - The King by Lorilyn Roberts is a Silver Medal Winner in the Young Adult - Coming of Age category in our 2015 International Book Award Contest.”

Amazon best-selling author Lorilyn Roberts combines Christian, Jewish, fantasy, and historical elements into a coming-of-age religious thriller.

In Seventh Dimension -- The King, Book 2, a seventeen-year-old gifted Israeli boy becomes the focus of a wager between good and evil.  After an earthquake strikes the Temple Mount, a series of cataclysmic events propel the teen back to the first century.

Lorilyn Roberts was in Israel at the beginning of the Gulf War in 1991 and received her Master of Arts in Creative Writing from Perelandra College. You can visit Roberts at her website: LorilynRoberts.com


In addition, “Seventh Dimension – The King, Book 2,” received a gold medal in the 2014 Literary Classics Book Awards for faith-based YA fiction, was a finalist in the 2014 USA Book Awards for religious fiction, was a winner in the 9th Annual National Indie Excellence Awards for spirituality, was a finalist in the 2015 Best Indie Book Award for YA fiction, and was a finalist in the visionary category for the 2015 International Book Awards.

Lorilyn Roberts
Seventh Dimension - The King