Books with title The Brightness

This book is the beginning of a chain of inevitable events. I didn't just want to tell you a story though, I wanted to say something. It's more than a story; it's a message and a dream which I hope you will breathe in and savour as much as I have. Writing a book is a very personal thing, and I wanted to take you in to a world hinged on imagination and reality, then show you a glimpse of possibility. Come on this journey, which spans two books and all of time; you won't be disappointed!Without spoiling it for you, it's a story of a young woman's desire to make her mark, to try to change the things she sees wrong with her society - our society. She does this by founding an organisation called The Collective, which draws people together through the power of their positive thoughts, to affect that change. She gives this gift to young people, seeing that they have little to inspire or motivate them and this is where a group of children become the driving force in the story. They learn to work together and to operate with a benevolent light force called The Brightness, who empowers and inspires them.All is not what it seems, however, as a sinister plot is unveiled within the realm of the Castle where they have learnt to come together. It's an other-worldly place, generated by the creative power of the dynamic and resourceful Scarlett Tang and infused by the imaginations of countless young people. It's a place of possibility, of hope, which is now under threat.Perhaps I am a dreamer - I like to think I am - but I am also a believer. I believe in no limits and in the potential for so much more than we see around us. That's why I wrote this book. What do you believe in?This is the debut novel by Kate Pollard.

A high school senior class returns from a field trip, only to find their small town of Fairfield empty. Family, friends, neighbors, pets - poof, gone. With the help of their teacher and a group of confused, hungry and hormonal teens, they try to figure out what happened… slowly realizing that their hometown is now occupied by a darkness they couldn't understand. Can they find the brightness in a world gone dark?

David Brin’s Uplift novels—Sundiver, Hugo award winner The Uplift War, and Hugo and Nebula winner Startide Rising—are among the most thrilling and extraordinary science fiction tales ever written. Now David Brin returns to this future universe for a new Uplift trilogy, packed with adventure, passion and wit.The planet Jijo is forbidden to settlers, its ecology protected by guardians of the Five Galaxies. But over the centuries it has been resettled, populated by refugees of six intelligent races. Together they have woven a new society in the wilderness, drawn together by their fear of Judgment Day, when the Five Galaxies will discover their illegal colony. Then a strange starship arrives on Jijo. Does it bring the long-dreaded judgment, or worse—a band of criminals willing to destroy the six races of Jijo in order to cover their own crimes?

David Brin’s Uplift novels—Sundiver, Hugo award winner The Uplift War, and Hugo and Nebula winner Startide Rising—are among the most thrilling and extraordinary science fiction tales ever written. Now David Brin returns to this future universe for a new Uplift trilogy, packed with adventure, passion and wit.The planet Jijo is forbidden to settlers, its ecology protected by guardians of the Five Galaxies. But over the centuries it has been resettled, populated by refugees of six intelligent races. Together they have woven a new society in the wilderness, drawn together by their fear of Judgment Day, when the Five Galaxies will discover their illegal colony. Then a strange starship arrives on Jijo. Does it bring the long-dreaded judgment, or worse—a band of criminals willing to destroy the six races of Jijo in order to cover their own crimes?

This book is the beginning of a chain of inevitable events. I didn't just want to tell you a story though, I wanted to say something. It's more than a story; it's a message and a dream which I hope you will breathe in and savour as much as I have. Writing a book is a very personal thing, and I wanted to take you in to a world hinged on imagination and reality, then show you a glimpse of possibility. Come on this journey, which spans two books and all of time; you won't be disappointed! Without spoiling it for you, it's a story of a young woman's desire to make her mark, to try to change the things she sees wrong with her society - our society. She does this by founding an organisation called The Collective, which draws people together through the power of their positive thoughts, to affect that change. She gives this gift to young people, seeing that they have little to inspire or motivate them and this is where a group of children become the driving force in the story. They learn to work together and to operate with a benevolent light force called The Brightness, who empowers and inspires them. All is not what it seems, however, as a sinister plot is unveiled within the realm of the Castle where they have learnt to come together. It's an other-worldly place, generated by the creative power of the dynamic and resourceful Scarlett Tang and infused by the imaginations of countless young people. It's a place of possibility, of hope, which is now under threat. Perhaps I am a dreamer - I like to think I am - but I am also a believer. I believe in no limits and in the potential for so much more than we see around us. That's why I wrote this book. What do you believe in? This is the debut novel by Kate Pollard.