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Elyse Salpeter is the author of seven novels. Her thriller THE HUNT FOR XANADU begins the Kelsey Porter series and is steeped in Tibetan Buddhism. Her fantasy series, THE WORLD OF KAROV and THE RUBY AMULET, bring us to dark lands full of magic and evil, and her YA novel, FLYING TO THE LIGHT follows a young deaf boy who knows about the afterlife and now people are after him for the answer.
Three more novels are scheduled to be released in 2014.
A huge food fan (she's part of a gastronaut club), a TKD BB, a would be gardener and a lover of mixing "the real with the fantastic," Elyse is married and lives on Long Island with her twins and a crazy ferret.
Reviewed by Michelle Randall for Readers' Favorite
Adam and Alec are identical twins in looks only. In their minds they are complete opposites. Alec is deeply disturbed, and takes after their father. Adam longs for a normal life, and he risks it all to run away and try to find that life. Just as he thinks he has found the answers and is about to marry, his twin Alec kidnaps the bride and disappears. Adam searches with no luck, only to come upon someone who offers him a chance to start over in a new life on a new world. The World of Karov needs Adam, and Karov is a wonderful place for Adam to be. He is respected and not pitied because of his brother and father. He has a talent that is useful and he finally begins to feel that he has a place, even if it is on a different world than that of his birth. Somehow though, family cannot be forgotten or left behind, and one day Adam will have to face his again. Adam may have left his past behind, but will it forever color his feelings and what he does? Can he make a new life or will his past continue to haunt him forever?
Elyse Salpeter weaves a wonderful tale of two worlds, two lives, and two brothers completely different yet always interconnected. Elyse Salpeter has written a tale that is so bold and different you just have to keep reading. While the main character starts the book at age twelve, this book is directed towards young adults and adults alike. There is meaning in everything for both generations to glean.
