Awakening (The Ydron Saga) - Softcover

Raymond’s goal is to craft gripping stories about the human condition, whether they are set here or another world. He has written award-winning poetry and four novels. Two are explorations in science fiction: Awakening, an epic, released in January, 2014, and Thought Gazer, an adventure, part of a planned prequel trilogy, expected to be released later this year In 2013, under its working title, Renunciation, Awakening was one of eight finalists among 950 entries from the U.S., the U.K., Canada, Europe and Australia in the Pacific Northwest Writers Associations Literary Contest. Hailed on BookViral.com as “a grand debut... [that] breathes originality into the genre”, Awakening has received almost all five star reviews on both Amazon and Goodreads.

"In Awakening, Raymond Bolton presents us with an intricate and interesting problem, characters you care for, aliens who are alien, and a carefully-thought-out future."
~ Nebula & multiple Hugo Award winning author,Mike Resnick

"Raymond Bolton's genre shattering Awakening is a skillfully woven hybrid of science fiction and fantasy that brings cultural conflict to a whole new, thoroughly believable level that goes straight to the heart of what really matters."
~ Matthew J. Pallamary, author of Land Without Evil and Spirit Matters.

"Bolton navigates through the plot lines and the mixed genres (Science Fiction but not exactly, Fantasy but not entirely, Paranormal but not completely) with the clear gesture of the conductor of a large orchestra. A new voice and author who is bound to grow a faithful readership."
~ Massimo Marino, international award-winning author of The Daimones Trilogy

"Awakening, the first book in the Ydron Saga by author Raymond Bolton [is] a grand debut. An ambitious and well considered SF crossover... Bolton breathes originality into the genre"
~BookViral.com