Glass House

1st Book in the Glass House Trilogy

Ariana Overton

The mysteries of Australia may just hold the answers mankind has been searching for millennium to find.

When Doctor James Hay, a university scientist who studies the paranormal mysteries in Australia, finds an obelisk of carved volcanic rock on sacred Aboriginal land in northern Queensland, he knows it may hold the answers he has been seeking. And when a respected elder of the Aboriginal people instructs him to take up the gauntlet and follow his heart, James, Spencer, an old friend and an award-winning writer, Samantha Louis, along with her cameraman and two of James' Aboriginal students, start their quest for the truth.

Glass House will take you deep into the mysteries that surround the continent of Australia, from its barren deserts to the depths of its rainforest and even deeper into its mysterious mountains. Along the way, the secrets of mankind and the ultimate answer to 'what happens now?' just might be answered. Love, greed, murder, and mystery abound in this action-packed paranormal/thriller.

pgs. 151
word count - 75,858

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Review:

Reviewer Michelle McBride, Ivy Quill Reviews

James Hay has spent his academic career proving or disproving the many mysteries and myths in Australia and the Aboriginal communities. When he finds an obelisk, the Aboriginal elders believe James discovered the key to unlocking the answers to many of the legends. He is sent on a quest by the Aboriginal elder to fulfill the prophecies.

James travels south to the Glass Mountains with journalist Samantha Louis, invited to report on the findings of the obelisk. His close friend and fellow scientist, Spence, and two Aboriginals, family to James, also embark on the trek. Together the group works to stay alive and uncover the answers they need to save all of mankind.

In Glass House, Ms. Overton creates a world filled with danger, mystery and beauty with ease. She balances the beauty and undeveloped terrain with the expected dangers and inconveniences.

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GLASS HOUSE draws from science and myth, including Neanderthals, Yowies (similar to Bigfoot), UFOs, Bunyips (similar to the Loch Ness monster), and the mythology of the Aborigine. Such disparate subjects become a kaleidoscope of elements that resolve themselves into a remarkable pattern that leaves the reader wondering at the simplicity of the explanation for most mythologies. My hat is off to this remarkable author and this remarkable book. If you've an appetite for the paranormal or mythological beasts, GLASS HOUSE is a great read.

Cindy Penn editor@wordweaving.com
Senior Editor, http://wordweaving.com
Amazon top 50 reviewer
eBook Specialist, Midwest Book Reviews

About the Author:

Ariana Overton is an author who loves to travel and write about many different places, people and things. She crosses genres the way she used to cross state lines in her travels; always in search of the next great story.

She writes murder mysteries (TRAPDOOR, THE DEVIL IS IN THE DETAILS - EPPIE finalist 2001, DRUID, DEERPATA, SCARAB), Time Travel Thriller (TAPESTRY-EPPIE finalist in 2000), Action/Adventure (GLASS HOUSE, A GLASS DARKLY- both EPPIE 2001 finalists & LOOKING GLASS) .

She also writes Children's picture books (A GIFT FOR ROO, GREEN EGGS FOR ROO, ROO & STUMPY, ROO & THE EASTER BILBY and A GECKO IN MY ORANGE JUICE- A series in progress)

Born in the San Francisco Bay Area of California, Ariana became the family gypsy, traveling the United States, meeting new people and finding new places. After adventuring to Australia, she met Max Overton. He taught at James Cook University in Biology, Zoology, Chemistry, Physics and Geology, but his passion is butterflies, which his personal site at http://www.angelfire.com/in2/butterflynet will show.

Max supplies the original wildlife photos for the Roo books. He also writes Historical novels. His first novel, LION OF SCYTHIA, was published in 2000.

Ariana is a member of the Australian Society of Authors, Australian Writers Association, EPIC, a former Senior Editor and Director of Services for Romance Writers of America/Australian Chapter and a Contributing Editor to Suite 101 with articles she writes about other authors. Her articles have been published in Inscriptions Magazine, Suite 101, Disceptatio, an e-magazine, Bamboo Grove and the Romance Writers of American/Australia Newsletter. She has been a Managing Editor for Sharpwriter and Senior Editor for Clocktower Books.

Ariana is now working on new novels and is a reporter for the Suburban Journals in Illinois, as well as continuing to design covers for herself, her husband and other authors. She also does website design and creation.

Visit her personal author's site at www.angelfire.com/ms/ariana and read excerpts and read reviews of her books.

To see her original cover art, go to http://communities.msn.com/ArianaOverton

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