{"id":44489,"date":"2026-05-27T09:42:48","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T15:42:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/?p=44489"},"modified":"2026-05-27T12:48:47","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T18:48:47","slug":"berkeley-arcane-braided-dimensions-book-5-by-marie-judson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/?p=44489","title":{"rendered":"Berkeley Arcane (Braided Dimensions Book 5) by Marie Judson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>A cerebral, time-bending fantasy.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In Judson\u2019s fifth installment in the Braided Dimensions series, a Berkeley lawyer is drawn into a hidden network of psychic powers, unstable portals, and timelines fractured by\u00a0 modern technology. When mysterious telepath Onyx seeks out Rousseau for help rescuing her twin brother from another timeline, ancient magic collides with digital systems in dangerous ways. Hidden portal houses, medieval witches, sylph guardians, and dangerous mages converge as a virtual game begins tearing holes through time itself. In the Berkeley hills, Rousseau\u2019s family must uncover who is manipulating the portals before the boundaries between past and present collapse forever.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Judson balances academic realism with layered mythic fantasy, using Berkeley\u2019s caf\u00e9s, wooded hillsides, and hidden architecture to ground the supernatural in vivid contemporary detail. Rather than separating magic and technology, the novel entwines them into a single evolving system of power. Virtual worlds, encrypted communication, and psychic networks coexist naturally alongside ancient portals and time-crossing rituals. The morally elusive Galfride introduces tension and unpredictability to nearly every scene, while Kay and her children provide emotional coherence amid the novel\u2019s layered mythology. Lovers of ambitious speculative fantasy threaded with occult mystery and technological unease should take note.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Un-put-downable.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>***<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Coming soon<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Indies United Publishing House, LLC<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Paperback: 978-1-64456-908-5<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kindle: 978-1-64456-909-2<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ePub: 978-1-64456-910-8<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Library of Congress Control Number: 2026909928<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mariejudson.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Author website<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A cerebral, time-bending fantasy. 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Hidden portal houses, medieval witches, sylph guardians, and dangerous mages converge as a virtual game begins tearing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":145610851,"featured_media":44512,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"{title}\n\n{excerpt}\n\n{url}","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":[1],"tags":[38100332,24777292,723771770,723771769,723771768,178,723771771,7224,723771287,1136176,723769804,723769803,723769805,10450,723771767],"class_list":["post-44489","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-amreading","tag-amwriting","tag-berkeley-arcane","tag-berkeley-arcane-braided-dimensions-book-5","tag-berkeley-arcane-braided-dimensions-book-5-by-marie-judson","tag-books","tag-braided-dimensions","tag-fantasy","tag-goodreads","tag-indie-books","tag-kindle","tag-kobo","tag-nook","tag-time-travel","tag-time-travel-fantasy"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pajKJn-bzz","amp_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/BERKELEYARCANEfinal2.jpg?fit=1600%2C2560&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44489","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=44489"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44489\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44493,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44489\/revisions\/44493"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/44512"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=44489"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=44489"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=44489"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}