{"id":16730,"date":"2023-09-11T09:56:54","date_gmt":"2023-09-11T15:56:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/?p=16730"},"modified":"2023-09-11T09:56:54","modified_gmt":"2023-09-11T15:56:54","slug":"bisentient-the-realm-series-book-1-by-patrick-oconnor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/?p=16730","title":{"rendered":"BISENTIENT: The Realm Series – Book 1 by Patrick O’Connor"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Simply un-put-downable \u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In O\u2019Connor\u2019s debut installment in The Realm Series, the life of an enquiring cameraman takes a bewildering turn after a work trip to a \u201cDead Zone\u201d ward of a hospital sends him slithering into an alternate world of dreams and supernatural intrigue. Mason Plater, a documentary cameraman, gets entangled in a strange dreamworld of alternate realities after he visits Zeigler Ward, a ward for comatose patients, at Lievesham Hall, a hospital facility. When a beautiful woman begins to visit him in his dreams and tells him she is Gail Hartstone, a comatose patient he met earlier at the facility, Mason doesn\u2019t believe her at first. But his dreams get weirder and weirder. Meanwhile, a clan of religious zealots belonging to the Church of the Reclamation is using nefarious practices to retain power in the nation\u2019s political field. Mason soon realizes there\u2019s a connection between the dreamworld he visits and the church\u2019s mission. He must learn to navigate the realities of the alternate dreamworld and prevent an apocalyptic prophecy. O\u2019Connor efficiently blends international intrigue with science elements. In swiftly paced, well-crafted chapters, he rapidly expands the story to include a secret society and its manipulation of dreams, certain calculating political forces with ulterior motives, a megachurch pastor who aspires to rule the nation, an investigative journalist determined to look into the sinister past of a cult institution, a keen computer science engineer caught up in a disturbing game of international conspiracy, a desperate mother trying to save her wayward daughter, an intern in a film company entrapped in a deep web of alternate reality, and Mason\u2019s own role in all of it. O\u2019Connor has created a compelling protagonist in Mason, a man who goes beyond the limit for what he believes is right while navigating both human and supernatural obstacles. His bond with Molly is authentic, and his struggles to navigate the world of dreams are rooted in reality. The attention given to Mason\u2019s personal baggage never detracts from the secret society\u2019s very real and relatable danger.  Zach is equally compelling. Between his abilities and self-doubts, he begets a strong rooting interest. O\u2019Connor provides a hateable villain in Rev. Daniels. Toward the end, he delivers compellingly visual action scenes, and he brings the whole novel to a well-turned, satisfying ending. Equal parts conspiracy thriller and interactive fiction, the book has cinematic fast cuts and an explosive pace that make it apt for the big screen adaptation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

BISENTIENT: The Realm Series – Book 1 <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Patrick O’Connor<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Buy now<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Blackbeard Independent Press<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pub date July 19, 2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ISBN 978-1739113612<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Price $29.63 (USD) Hardcover, $14.33 Paperback, $2.53 Kindle edition<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Simply un-put-downable \u2026 In O\u2019Connor\u2019s debut installment in The Realm Series, the life of an enquiring cameraman takes a bewildering turn after a work trip to a \u201cDead Zone\u201d ward of a hospital sends him slithering into an alternate world of dreams and supernatural intrigue. Mason Plater, a documentary cameraman, gets entangled in a strange dreamworld of alternate realities after he visits Zeigler Ward, a ward for comatose patients, at Lievesham Hall, a hospital facility. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":145610851,"featured_media":16731,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_crdt_document":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[704896937],"tags":[1030,7223,91,3328,178,46313448,1136176,1473,1008073,856121,309,723769811,349],"class_list":["post-16730","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conspiracy-thriilers","tag-action","tag-author","tag-blogging","tag-book-reviews","tag-books","tag-conspiracy-thrillers","tag-indie-books","tag-reading","tag-review-blog","tag-review-website","tag-reviews","tag-supernatural-thriller","tag-writing"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/41xYibIk6DL.jpg?fit=334%2C500&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pajKJn-4lQ","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16730","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/145610851"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16730"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16730\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16737,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16730\/revisions\/16737"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/16731"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16730"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16730"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16730"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}